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The Story of DHS’ Reverse Industry Days – A New Approach To Public Procurement: Discussed with Soraya Correa, Harrison Smith, and Jeff Goldberg
Dec 19, 2016
I had the great fortune to speak with several leaders in government and industry about a novel approach to improving communication: the reverse industry day. At a time when seemingly everyone agrees that collaboration between government and industry leaves a lot to be desired, it is refreshing...
GAO Bid Protest 2016 Annual Report: Twice as Many Bid Protests Sustained
Dec 19, 2016
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has filed its annual bid protest report for fiscal 2016, and the numbers tell a surprising story. Whereas the last couple years have seen the number of protests continue to rise—thanks to more companies fighting for shrinking contracting dollars—the...
Three Lessons from FSSI that Will Help Agencies Implement Category Management
Dec 19, 2016
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently conducted an analysis of the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) and the extent to which the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has incorporated lessons learned from the program into its category management (CM) initiative....
How to Measure Public Procurement Performance With the Right Metrics
Dec 18, 2016
The way government selects and analyzes procurement metrics is often not aligned with measuring value or desired outcomes. We see it again and again in Government Accountability Office reports, or in comments from industry, but telling someone what’s wrong only takes them so far.
It’s a vital...
Public Procurement Newswire | 12/15/2016
Dec 15, 2016
More Industry Input Needed for Category Management to Succeed
Jaime Gracia, president of Seville Government Consulting, writes about his concerns around the current push for category management in the federal government. Gracia notes that many of the goals of category management are laudable,...
Five Minutes for Better Communication with Industry
Dec 15, 2016
Late last month, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council proposed an unusual rule, one that specifically stated that agencies are encouraged to engage in “responsible and constructive exchanges with industry, so long as those exchanges are consistent with existing laws and regulations, and...
The Story of DHS’s Reverse Industry Days – A New Approach To Public Procurement
Dec 15, 2016
I had the great fortune to speak with several leaders in government and industry about a novel approach to improving communication: the reverse industry day. At a time when seemingly everyone agrees that collaboration between government and industry leaves a lot to be desired, it is refreshing to...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 12/14/2016
Dec 15, 2016
Confusion over Trump’s Lease of the Old Post Office Building
Four House Democrats said today that the General Services Administration (GSA) has determined that President-Elect Donald Trump’s lease of the Old Post Office Building for his Trump International Hotel, poses a conflict of interest...
Greenwich Symposium on Human Rights – the Public Procurement Roundtable (Part 1)
Dec 15, 2016
Last week, the third Greenwich Symposium on Responsible Public Procurement featured a roundtable discussion with several alumni of the public procurement world; it was a good session, and the panel even got a few laughs from the audience!
It was chaired by Emma Nicholson of APUC (which buys for...
Greenwich Symposium on Human Rights – the Public Procurement Roundtable (Part 2)
Dec 15, 2016
Yesterday, we started our review of the key points from the procurement roundtable at the recent Greenwich Symposium on Responsible Public Procurement. Today, we will look at the comments made by the panel as they looked into plans for the future.
It was chaired by Emma Nicholson of APUC (which...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 12/14/2016
Dec 15, 2016
Confusion over Trump’s Lease of the Old Post Office Building
Four House Democrats said today that the General Services Administration (GSA) has determined that President-Elect Donald Trump’s lease of the Old Post Office Building for his Trump International Hotel, poses a conflict of interest...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 12/15/2016
Dec 15, 2016
More Industry Input Needed for Category Management to Succeed
Jaime Gracia, president of Seville Government Consulting, writes about his concerns around the current push for category management in the federal government. Gracia notes that many of the goals of category management are laudable,...
