経産省事業の新規入札見送り　「持続化給付金」批判で―電通

　電通は２３日までに、経済産業省が実施する新規事業への入札を当面見送ると発表した。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大で打撃を受けた中小事業者を支援する経産省「持続化給付金」事業を請け負った経緯が不透明だとの批判を踏まえた。
　電通は既に国の受託業務の在り方を見直すため社内に事務局を設置。取引形態の審査や業務プロセスの管理など執行の適正化に取り組んでいる。電通は「見直し作業が完了するまで控える」と説明しており、民間委託の透明性向上策を年内にまとめる経産省有識者検討会の結論が出るまでは入札しない見通しだ。（2020/07/23-10:49）

Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc. has said it will not take part in the biddings for new projects planned by Japan's industry ministry for the time being.
   The decision, announced Wednesday, was made in response to public criticism over the dubious process of how the company took on a task related to a key coronavirus relief program of the ministry.
   Dentsu has established an in-house bureau for reviewing how the company should undertake state projects. The bureau is working on ensuring appropriate implementation of deals, including by checking respective forms of transactions and monitoring work processes.
   An industry ministry expert panel is set to compile by the end of this year measures aimed at enhancing the transparency of the processes of commissioning private companies to undertake the ministry's projects. Dentsu is expected to wait for such measures to come out before it resumes placing bids for tasks of projects planned by the ministry.
   At issue was the work to pay up to 2 million yen each in cash relief to small businesses and freelancers hit by the COVID-19 crisis in a project under the government's first supplementary budget for fiscal 2020.