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The Latest News from the U.S. Public Sector Market
Nov 7, 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...
No Place Like Home: What Dorothy’s Slippers Can Teach Us About Government Management
Nov 7, 2016
The New York Times reported recently that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History wanted to raise $300,000 to save Dorothy’s ruby slippers. The famous shoes from “The Wizard of Oz” are on display at the museum and are deteriorating after eight decades.
It is surely a sign of...
“Trimming” your requirements to improve procurement results
Nov 4, 2016
On Thursday, October 27th Public Spend Forum welcomed Dan Ward to share stories about simple innovation from a 20+ year career at the US Air Force. In addition to great storytelling and noble attempts at humor, Dan offered specific strategies that you can use right away to solve on-job challenges...
Latest Public Sector Market News: DoD vs. GAO; Courting Silicon Valley
Nov 3, 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...
Latest Public Sector Market News: DoD vs. GAO; Courting Silicon Valley 11/3/16
Nov 3, 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...
European Public Procurement Newswire — 11/4/16
Nov 3, 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. This will become part of a future initiative to...
Palantir and DoD’s Struggle with Silicon Valley
Nov 3, 2016
As Bloomberg reports, Silicon Valley company Palantir has won their case against the Army, re-opening the bidding for the second iteration of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGSA), what the Government Accountability Office (GAO) describes as a system “intended to combine all...
Alliant II: GSA Did Something That I Really Love
Nov 2, 2016
Spence Witten is the director of federal sales at cybersecurity vendor Lunarline, Inc. PSF welcomes contributors from across the public sector market. If you’re interested in contributing, we’d love to hear from you.
I don’t know that I’ve ever said that before.
Government Wide Acquisition...
Onvia Survey on Trends in Government Spending
Nov 2, 2016
Business intelligence firm Onvia has released the results of its first annual survey of government procurement practitioners, polling more than 500 pros from city, count and state governments, as well as school districts across the US. For each insight gained through the survey, the report actually...
Carrots and Sticks: Can Europe Strike the Right Balance for Effective Cybersecurity?
Nov 2, 2016
We are currently experiencing an unprecedented period of radical social, technological, economic, and political change. Policymakers across the globe are rushing to cope with this shifting landscape and must adapt or die. In Europe, the lack of a coherent, international approach to deal with the...
Court Ruling Halts Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule
Oct 28, 2016
The Eastern District of Texas has issued a preliminary injunction halting the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule that was supposed to go into effect this week. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) had filed the request for an injunction on October 7, claiming the rule amounted to a...
Simply Innovation Webinar: Follow up + Slides
Oct 28, 2016
Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar on simple innovation with special guest Dan Ward. To earn your continuous learning credit, please take a moment to fill out this survey. It consists of four comprehension questions and three general questions about the content and quality of...
