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Defense Section 809 Panel Recommends Five Improvements to Acquisition System
Jun 14, 2017
The National Law Review looks at the Department of Defense’s Section 809 panel’s interim report. The panel convened to provide recommendations to DOD about ways to simplify and improve their acquisitions. Those recommendations fell under five categories, according to the paper: Improve the...
FITARA Scores Sink for the First Time
Jun 14, 2017
The latest scorecards that track how well agencies are implementing provisions of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) were published today, and for the first time since they began coming out semi-annually, agency grades dropped. According to Nextgov, 15 agencies...
Wyoming City Revamps Procurement Process
Jun 14, 2017
This is an interesting story from the small town of Sheridan, Wyoming, which is revamping it procurement processes. Including improvements to the contracting audit system, the city is implementing a new purchase-card platform to help improve spending data and increase transparency.
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3 Useful Data Cuts to Support Your Supply Market Analysis
Jun 14, 2017
In this brief tutorial, DeltaBid illustrates three useful data cuts to support your broader supply market analysis efforts. Public Spend Forum has a broader set of key principles around conducting supply market analysis, as well as training to support these efforts. What DeltaBid presents here...
The Government of Singapore’s E-procurement System – Case Study
Jun 14, 2017
In this case study, The Centre for Public Impact describes how the Government of Singapore Ministry of Finance (MOF) planned and implemented an E-procurement system to be used. As noted in the case study:
“The [MOF] decided to bring together different pockets of activities or systems in the...
Being an Attractive Government Buyer – Manage Value with Effective Supplier Engagement
Jun 14, 2017
Public Spend Forum Europe (PSF Europe) provides an article overview of the content and findings of a recent document released by the National Audit Office (United Kingdom) on the topic of “be an attractive client”. The overview presented highlights that Government buyers often do not...
The Benefits of E-procurement in State Governments – Case Studies
Jun 14, 2017
This research paper by NASPO provides a robust discussion of E-procurement systems. Of particular interest in this paper is how E-procurement systems address procurement principles and drive business value outcomes for the public organization. In addition, the report also discusses the various...
E-Procurement in the Government of Andhra Pradesh State, India – Case Study
Jun 13, 2017
This article is a case study describing the E-procurement benefits realized by the State of Andhra Pradesh in India.
As part of statewide E-government applications, the state government of Andhra Pradesh implemented an E-procurement initiative with the following objectives:
Reduce the time and...
Is Procurement Reform Possible or Illusory?
Jun 13, 2017
There has been much talk about procurement reform over the last few decades, and has been a hot topic for the last several years. Many initiatives are ongoing, most notably the Section 809 Panel for the Department of Defense. In its initial report, new policies are not being proposed, no new laws...
Green, Sustainable Public Procurement – Key Practices and Case Studies
Jun 13, 2017
This report lays out and discusses key practices in green, sustainable public procurement and supports each of these practices with rich country-level case studies. The key practices are individually and collectively informative and can also be applied to the individual public organization,...
Developing Print Requirements Based on Need – Case Study
Jun 13, 2017
This case study provides an example of developing print requirements by first confirming the underlying organizational need. Further, the case study underscores confirming what the market is able to offer prior to establishing a bid/tender/RFP strategy. And of all this ultimately with an eye toward...
Congressman: Lack of Appointees Slowing IT Modernization
Jun 9, 2017
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), who has led the legislative effort to prioritize information technology (IT) modernization, said a lack of appointments in the current administration could stall efforts. “Frankly, there’s a big vacuum at the top,” he said at a recent event. “We had hoped that...
