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Re:A favicon? That’ll be £585 please. by kez on Thursday February 03, 2011 @02:37PM (#2176400)
You are of course, correct (as ry0ohki states), but this one FOIA request could lead the way to more competitive favicon quotes from contractors in the future, leaving a net saving for HMG.

Sounds facetious, but it's this transparency that enables public scrutiny (and outrage). The expenses debacle being one such example.

Re:A favicon? That’ll be £585 please. by gaius on Thursday February 03, 2011 @04:08PM (#2176822)
I doubt that anyone, considering how much overhead there is in dealing with a government procurement process, charging anywhere like a reasonable hourly rate, could do it for significantly less.

Oh what, you wanted to be paid to attend that two hour meeting on diversity? Well sorry...