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Five Minutes to Better Memos
Dec 5, 2016
The procurement profession demands strong writing capabilities. Unfortunately, writing skills aren’t necessarily innate, and it is always easier to write poorly than to write with clear purpose and brevity. The good news is you don’t have to be Shakespeare or even Peter Drucker to write...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 12/5/2016
Dec 5, 2016
GAO Granted Authority to Decide High-Dollar Task Order Protests
As part of the House and Senate agreement on the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) jurisdiction to hear protests on task orders worth more than $10 million will be restored....
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 12/2/2016
Dec 2, 2016
Concerns Over Category Management Policy
Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes that there are “significant questions and concerns surrounding,” the draft circular put forward by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on implementing category...
Dr. Steve Kelman from Harvard Joins Public Spend Forum Board
Dec 2, 2016
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Public Spend Forum (PSF), a global community and knowledge network for public procurement and the public sector market, announced today that Dr. Steve Kelman has joined its Board of Advisors.
Dr. Kelman, a leading expert on public procurement...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 12/2/16
Dec 2, 2016
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 12/01/2016
Dec 1, 2016
How Will GSA Resolve Potential Conflict of Interest with Trump Hotel?
The pressure is growing on the General Services Administration (GSA) and President-Elect Donald Trump to determine the legality of the latter’s 60-year lease on the hotel he built at the old Post Office site. The ranking...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 12/1/2016
Dec 1, 2016
How Will GSA Resolve Potential Conflict of Interest with Trump Hotel?
The pressure is growing on the General Services Administration (GSA) and President-Elect Donald Trump to determine the legality of the latter’s 60-year lease on the hotel he built at the old Post Office site. The ranking...
Procura+ Awards – A Look at the Innovative Procurement Finalists
Dec 1, 2016
As we have said before, the procurement of innovation and sustainability in goods and services is not just about R&D, but the design and delivery of public services, processes and models. This is what is behind the Procura+ Awards, rewarding, encouraging and then showcasing public procurers that...
Public Sector Procurement Collaboration – Please Complete Our Survey
Dec 1, 2016
A few weeks ago, we told you here about our kick-off meeting for the UK Public Spend Forum Best Practices Exchange. A group of 15 or so senior public procurement leaders got together to talk about the idea of a cross-sectoral group that could drive better practice, understanding and exchange of...
Public Procurement News Round-up: 11/30
Nov 30, 2016
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...
Back to Business: Federal Contracting in the Trump Administration
Nov 30, 2016
(Note, this article originally appeared on censeoconsulting.com.)
The next four years will be anything but business as usual. Among projected social and economic policy changes, President-elect Donald Trump has signaled significant shifts in how the incoming administration manages federal...
