Regular opinion pieces on issues of interest to public sector lawyers from PLC Public Sector and leading commentators.

Archive for January, 2010

Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 20 January 2010

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions. 

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Mash up or smash up of public data?

Monday, January 25th, 2010

www.data.gov.uk was launched on 21 January 2010 as a new way of collating and allowing the public to make better use of government data. The website enables users to:

  • Look up data on a number of topics, including health and schools.
  • Create applications to “mash up” the data. For example, by mashing up the information on school addresses and school league tables, a user can see, using a mapping tool, where high achieving schools in the area are.

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 13 January 2010

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions. 

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Record year for PFI

Monday, January 18th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

Figures published recently confirm that 2009 was a record year for PFI deals.  Unfortunately, the record in question was, not surprisingly, a record low rather than high.

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Looking forward to 2010

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

Following last week’s post highlighting the key issues facing procurement lawyers in 2010, this week we look at more legal developments facing public sector lawyers in 2010, highlighted by editors in some of PLC’s specialist services. 

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 6 January 2010

Monday, January 11th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

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Procurement 2010: what’s in store?

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

PLC Public Sector looks ahead and highlights five key issues that are likely to occupy the time of procurement lawyers in 2010.

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 23 December 2009

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions.

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