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European Public Procurement Newswire — 2/24/17

Feb 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.  MEPs Ratify EU Trade Deal with Canada MEPs have now voted to back the controversial EU-Canada trade deal called CETA. The agreement removes about 99% of...

Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/23/2017

Feb 24, 2017
CIO Says “Four Horsemen of Federal IT” Create Obstacles The General Services Administration (GSA) has renamed its Office of Integrated Technology Service to the Office of Information Technology Category (ITC), to better reflect the agency’s focus on category management. In a new blog post,...

Full Steam Ahead on Public Procurement Innovation Initiatives

Feb 24, 2017
Regular blog readers will hardly be surprised to learn that I am an advocate for innovation in the procurement system, and in government management in general. This does not reflect a view that all innovations are good things. Some innovations could probably have been predicted not to work in...

Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/23/2017

Feb 24, 2017
CIO Says “Four Horsemen of Federal IT” Create Obstacles The General Services Administration (GSA) has renamed its Office of Integrated Technology Service to the Office of Information Technology Category (ITC), to better reflect the agency’s focus on category management. In a new blog post,...

Commercial Practices in Category Management: The Need for Integration

Feb 23, 2017
Category management is more than just setting up categories, appointing lead buyers to category managers, and then calling it category management. This article discusses the need to have an integrated category management function into the procurement function, and how to be successful...

Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/22/2017

Feb 23, 2017
OIG and 18F Spar Over Security The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) claimed in a new report issued today that 18F, the agency’s digital startup, “routinely disregarded and circumvented fundamental security policies and guidelines.” The OIG took issue...

How to Make Public Procurement Work for Human Rights

Feb 23, 2017
Continuing from Part 1 yesterday on how public purchasers can do things differently to help promote human rights in the supply chain – an LUPC initiative suggests the tender stage is Not where to start. To carry out due diligence properly, the buyer needs to be in a close working relationship...

Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/22/2017

Feb 23, 2017
OIG and 18F Spar Over Security The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) claimed in a new report issued today that 18F, the agency’s digital startup, “routinely disregarded and circumvented fundamental security policies and guidelines.” The OIG took issue...

Public and Private Sector Procurement – What’s the Difference?

Feb 22, 2017
Everything You Need to Successfully Navigate the Procurement Industry No matter what your sector or industry, procurement is procurement, right? Well, not quite. There are definitely some aspects of procurement that remain the same whether you’re involved in public procurement or private...

Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/21/2017

Feb 22, 2017
Legislators Introduce Two New Bills on Contracting Preferences Lawmakers have introduced two new bills that would open up two new groups of businesses to receive preferences when bidding on federal contracts. The first bill, the RETAIN Act, was introduced by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), and would modify...

Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/21/17

Feb 22, 2017
Legislators Introduce Two New Bills on Contracting Preferences Lawmakers have introduced two new bills that would open up two new groups of businesses to receive preferences when bidding on federal contracts. The first bill, the RETAIN Act, was introduced by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), and would modify...

The Power of Public Purchasing: Human Rights in the Supply Chain

Feb 22, 2017
Andy Davies, Director of London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), is passionate about what public purchasers can reasonably do to support and address the issues around human exploitation in the supply chain. He and his team have come up with, what some may consider, a controversial idea...