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U.S. Public Sector News 11/14
Nov 14, 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...
FITARA Roundtable: How to Improve IT Reform
Nov 14, 2016
On October 24, Censeo released a white paper outlining ten recommendations to improve the implementation of FITARA across the government. Public Spend Forum sat down with authors Rich Beutel, Kareem El-Alaily and Mike Hettinger to discuss the impact of the white paper in the few weeks since its...
European Public Procurement Newswire — 11/11/16
Nov 11, 2016
This is our weekly European public procurement news roundup. We will be bringing you recent public sector stories and information from around Europe’s news portals, reporting on how more than a trillion Euros of taxpayer money is being spent.
Municipalities urged to use green street lights (not...
U.S. Public Sector News 11/11
Nov 11, 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...
The Latest News From The U.S. Public Sector Market: Lockheed vs. DoD
Nov 10, 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...
Philadelphia Bill Takes Procurement Out Of The Truman Era
Nov 10, 2016
When it comes to city procurement, Philadelphia has established itself as a leader on the vanguard in recent years. It’s rare that a procurement program attracts the interest of major media organizations, but Philly’s Fast FWD program has often done just that, with plaudits coming in from NPR...
New DoD Rule on Research Upsets Industry
Nov 10, 2016
The Department of Defense recently finalized a rule that requires recipients of independent research and development funds “to engage in technical interchanges with DoD before costs are generated.” The goal is to improve the effectiveness of those investments, and increase communication...
The Latest News from the U.S. Public Sector Market
Nov 9, 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...
Defence Procurement: Why Don’t Nations Collaborate?
Nov 9, 2016
We found an excellent article here on the foreignpolicy.com website by Elisabeth Braw, looking at the issues around countries sharing military procurement. It is both interesting to the casual reader and informative, and raises some interesting procurement issues that go beyond defence...
University of New Mexico Fails to Apply the Bigfoot Test
Nov 8, 2016
Across the country, state governments have been slashing and burning funding to higher education in a trend that has only been accelerating in recent years. When shifting the funding model for higher education from a greater share of state support to one funded by higher tuition and student fees,...
The Latest News from the U.S. Public Sector Market
Nov 7, 2016
What’s Next for Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces?
The Washington Post looks at the status of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule, which was recently halted by a federal judge in Texas, who upheld a request for a temporary injunction. The article notes that while the rule’s implementation is...
Procurement Innovation Labs at Government Agency Takes Aim at Processing Larger Amount of Transactions
Nov 7, 2016
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa said DHS’s Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) is working on creating a more efficient way to close out small-dollar contracts that tend to linger after the work ha been competed. Correa said smaller contracts are...
