UK govt starts review of procurement and digital engagement strategy

The UK Cabinet Office has started a review of its overall digital engagement strategy. The move is outlined in the Cabinet Office's four-year business plan, published on the Number10.gov.uk, site and is one of 17 documents defining government departments' strategies until 2015. The publications are part of the prime minister David Cameron’s efforts to establish a more transparent government.

The Cabinet Office said that it will be looking at the future role of citizen information website Directgov as part of its digital engagement strategy review, which is due to be completed this month. IT procurement is also addressed by the business plan. Initiatives include publishing a report to outline a new approach to IT procurement that will have shorter timescales, be less costly to all parties, and enable more SMEs to take part.

The government has started to evaluate its existing procurement rules to ensure a ‘level playing field’ for open source software’ which will be completed by the end of the year.

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