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Public Spend Forum Newswire | 3/24/2017
Mar 27, 2017
GSA Declares President Trump’s Hotel Lease Valid
A General Services Administration contracting officer (CO) has written a letter finding that President Donald Trump’s lease of the Old Post Office building for his new D.C. hotel is valid, despite ethical concerns raised by many Democratic...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 3/23/2017
Mar 24, 2017
GSA Launching “Refresh” of Multiple Awards Schedule
The GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is moving to “refresh” its Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) program next month. The launch will implement recent rule changes, and the refresh could come in the middle of April. The changes...
European Public Procurement Newswire — 3/24/17
Mar 24, 2017
This is our weekly European public procurement news roundup, reporting on how more than a trillion Euros of taxpayer money is being spent.
Call for UK public bodies to change mindset over working with private sector
UK’s SouthWest Business site said yesterday that according to international...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 3/22/2017
Mar 23, 2017
Another Continuing Resolution Would Be a “Punch to the Belly” for DoD
If Congress is unable to pass a budget this year and instead passes a yearlong continuing resolution (CR), the result will be “like the punch to the belly and the roundhouse to the head,” Army Vice Chief of Staff Daniel...
Inside Trump’s Management Agenda and Budget
Mar 23, 2017
It may or may not be possible to judge a book by its cover, but if you compare the covers of the Trump administration’s budget issued by OMB last week with previous years’ efforts, you will notice visible signs of disruption in Washington. The Obama administration’s last budget, following...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 3/21/2017
Mar 22, 2017
Boeing Could See Windfall in Military Buildup
GovExec reports that Boeing may be the biggest beneficiary of President Donald Trump’s focus on the military. The president has said he would nominate Patrick Shanahan, a Boeing senior vice president, to become deputy defense secretary. The...
NIGP: Public Procurement Performance Metrics in Practice
Mar 21, 2017
NIGP provides this short guide to performance metrics. The document lists disciplined tips on public procurement metrics with well-outlined guidance on:
Types of metrics
Using metrics with targets
Recommended metrics
Evaluating metrics
See how these metrics compare with what you utilize. On a...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 3/20/17
Mar 21, 2017
House Bill Seeks to Prohibit PLAs
Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL), the Senior Deputy Majority Whip, has introduced a new bill called the “Fair and Open Competition Act” (H.R. 1552), which aims to reduce costs in construction contracts, specifically by prohibiting federal agencies from requiring...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 3/20/2017
Mar 21, 2017
House Bill Seeks to Prohibit PLAs
Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL), the Senior Deputy Majority Whip, has introduced a new bill called the “Fair and Open Competition Act” (H.R. 1552), which aims to reduce costs in construction contracts, specifically by prohibiting federal agencies from requiring...
Guide for Public Authorities on the Procurement of Innovation
Mar 21, 2017
The Procurement of Innovation Platform aims to make public procurement of innovation a widespread reality in Europe. The Platform has been developed to help public authorities, procurers, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders harness the power of PPI. In this detailed guide, The...
Preventing Corruption Across The Procurement (Acquisition) Life Cycle
Mar 21, 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) presents a framework and well researched data on addressing corruption in public procurement. The framework leverages the widely utilized procurement process paradigm (pre-tendering, tendering, post-tendering), and lays out drivers...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 3/17/2017
Mar 20, 2017
GSA Would See Large Increase in Trump’s Budget
Daniel J. Sernovitz of the Washington Business Journal notes that while many agencies would see cuts under President Donald Trump’s budget recommendations, the federal government’s central buyer, the General Services Administration (GSA), would...
