Making sure hand-outs are no lottery
13 September 2012
The news that the OGC is to be consulted on high-risk awards of lottery cash is not before time. However, it remains to be seen how it deals with the private sector, says David Arminas
Tessa Jowell, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, has taken the first tentative steps towards ensuring a framework is used for spending lottery money.
She has told those who hand out the cash to take advice from the premier government procurement agency, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), when considering high-risk, high-profile projects.
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