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Drone Demand Expected to Soar
Jul 26, 2017
Government Product News reports on a market study conducted by The Freedonia Group that predicts a surge in government spending on drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles. By 2025, the study predicts that government spending will be at $250 million, with federal agencies accounting for $170...
DoD Micro-Purchase Increase Is Now In Effect
Jul 26, 2017
The increase to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) micro-purchase threshold mandated by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act is now in effect.
A Class Deviation issued earlier this month provides, effective immediately, that the DoD micro-purchase threshold is $5,000 for many...
How Can Small Businesses Win More Government Contracts?
Jul 25, 2017
Most governments and public sector bodies (contracting authorities) have an objective to increase the share of public sector expenditure that goes to smaller firms (SMEs / small and medium enterprises).
There is an interesting economic, political and philosophical debate to be had in terms of...
GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service Upheaval Continues
Jul 25, 2017
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced that four long-time staff members of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) professional services program are moving to its FedSIM program. Several sources confirmed that Todd Richards, the program manager of OASIS, told a...
Recap: ‘Selling in the Government’ Webinar with Dr. Steve Kelman
Jul 25, 2017
On July 24, Dr. Steven Kelman, Professor of Public Management at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government presented a webinar for suppliers interested in entering the government market. “Selling in the Government – Understand How the Government is Different and What That Means for...
3 Vital Lessons for Potential Suppliers in Selling to the Public Sector
Jul 25, 2017
There is no shortage of advice for businesses who want to sell products or services to the public sector. Unfortunately, some of this is not good advice, and there are firms who exploit the ignorance of many firms to sell expensive training, consulting, or advice that brings little value.
Why...
Tech Spending in State and Local Governments
Jul 25, 2017
According to the Center for Digital Government’s database, state and local governments spend $26.4 billion on health and human services, making it the largest category of technology spending followed closely by education at $22.3 billion. Those two categories are far ahead of other categories of...
UK MOD – Many of the issues that have always driven complexity in military acquisition still stand
Jul 25, 2017
We have seen recent coverage in the UK press criticising the Ministry of Defence for their purchase of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter plane. It is largely a US designed and manufactured plane, although BAE Systems is a significant sub-contractor and produces the aircraft tails in the UK.
The ...
GAO: Defense Logistics Agency Sold Sensitive Military Surplus to Fake Agency
Jul 25, 2017
Government Accountability Office (GAO) auditors set up a fake law enforcement agency and successfully persuaded the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to sell sensitive military surplus. GAO’s effort to test agency controls against improper payments included the creation of a fake agency website that...
Talk About a Win-Win Situation: Training Inmates to Fight Wildfires in Arizona and Beyond
Jul 24, 2017
Overview
“It’s a ‘Win-Win’ situation!” That must be one of the most overused phrases in organizations today (and many would say the clear winner when it comes to “managementisms”!). Whether we are talking about the private or the public sectors, if anything can be framed as a...
How Resilient Are Your PPP Projects To Adverse Natural Events?
Jul 24, 2017
Adverse Natural Events are a Threat to PPP Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure resilience is the ability to reduce the magnitude and/or duration of disruptive events. The effectiveness of a resilient infrastructure or enterprise depends upon its ability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, and/or...
Public Procurement Podcasts – Interviewing the Interviewer, on Low-Value Contracts
Jul 24, 2017
On our Public Spend Forum Europe site – before we migrated to Public Spend Forum – we were writing a series of articles covering all of the Public Procurement Podcasts (PPP) carried out by Dr Pedro Telles, Senior Lecturer in Law at Swansea University. Over many months he interviewed a...
