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Waldron: Still a Lot of Work to Be Done on Transactional Data Rule Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes about the roundtable hosted by the General Services Administration (GSA) to discuss its transactional data rule. Waldron questions a number of the...

New York Congresswoman Introduces the Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) has introduced H.R.971, the Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act. The bill would amend the U.S. Code “to treat small businesses, owned by surviving spouses of members of the Armed...

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Rep. Connolly Promises to Bring Back IT Modernization Bill Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said he plans to reintroduce a bill to create working capital funds for federal agencies to modernize their legacy information technology (IT) systems. The Modernizing Government Technology Act, with bipartisan...

Rep. Connolly Promises to Bring Back IT Modernization Bill Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said he plans to reintroduce a bill to create working capital funds for federal agencies to modernize their legacy information technology (IT) systems. The Modernizing Government Technology Act, with bipartisan...

This is the full presentation from the February 2017 meeting of the European Leaders Exchange for Public Procurement and the Social Sector. Read More … Not a European Leaders Exchange Member? Request to Join Already a European Leaders Exchange Member? Login 0

A recent report from the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) in the state of Victoria, Australia, highlights a pretty incredible story of wasted public money, bad practice and outright corruption. We don’t often feature stories from that part of the world, but this seems interesting...

GSA, Industry Meet about Controversial Transactional Data Rule Reporting for the Federal Times, Carten Cordell writes that a General Services Administration (GSA) roundtable meant to “calm” industry anxieties about the agency’s transactional data rule revealed industry and government remain...

“You are the Managing Director of a mid-sized services firm (maybe £25M / €30M annual revenue), trying to decide whether to respond to a Government ITT (Invitation to Tender). Currently operating at 93% capacity in terms of your internal workforce, you are on track to hit target profit for...

GSA, Industry Meet about Controversial Transactional Data Rule Reporting for the Federal Times, Carten Cordell writes that a General Services Administration (GSA) roundtable meant to “calm” industry anxieties about the agency’s transactional data rule revealed industry and government remain...

President Trump Signs Over Old Post Office Lease to His Son Hoping to allay concerns over his company’s lease of the Old Post Office, President Donald Trump filed papers handing control of the lease to his son Donald Trump, Jr., listing the son as the president of the company that controls the...

According to the 2017 Benchmarking Public Procurement (BPP) report from the World Bank, governments all over the world are still struggling with transparency and efficiency in their public procurement. Each year, the World Bank compiles data from 123 countries to assess the state of government...