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Contractor Group Sues over Fair Pay Rule
Oct 13, 2016
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)—a federal contractor association—has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to stop the implementation of President Barack Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order, which is set to take hold...
NASPO Releases 2016 State Procurement Survey Results
Oct 10, 2016
The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) has released the results of its 2016 State Procurement Practices Survey, a comprehensive look at how procurement practices, policies and regulations shake out around the country. You can read the whole report here, or view NASPO’s...
Earn learning credits for publishing content
Oct 9, 2016
Did you know you can earn continuous learning credits by publishing content like blog posts and articles to the Open Global Community? Check with your career manager and confirm your writing goals and topic of interest, then use our criteria to qualify your contributions for professional credits....
White House Looks Back at Two Years of Procurement Transformation
Oct 6, 2016
As one of her last acts as Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Administrator, Anne Rung published a blog post on Friday, looking back at the two years since President Barack Obama launched the Transforming the Federal Marketplace initiative. As we’ve reported over the past two years,...
How NASA Innovates with the Public’s Help – Beth Beck Explains
Oct 6, 2016
Every year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) gathers up some of the massive amounts of data the agency collects, identifies a few mission challenges it wants to address and puts out the call around the world for help. The annual Space Apps Challenge is the result, a...
How NASA Innovates with the Public’s Help
Oct 6, 2016
Every year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) gathers up some of the massive amounts of data the agency collects, identifies a few mission challenges it wants to address and puts out the call around the world for help. The annual Space Apps Challenge is the result, a 48-hour...
Purchasing IT: Billions In The Balance
Oct 5, 2016
Public Spend Forum CEO Raj Sharma and Professor David Wyld conducted secondary research and interviewed dozens of public and private sector leaders to identify issues that challenge public procurement of IT and practical ways to fix it. This report presents practical recommendations for improving...
Purchasing Insights – Personal Computers
Oct 5, 2016
Managing a category like the personal computer market can be tricky, not only because of the breadth of offerings, but the number of potential suppliers.
This quick reference guide for buyers in the PC market should help inform your buy.
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Purchasing Insights – Printers And MFDs
Oct 3, 2016
With so many options and configurations, printers and other hardware is often cited as a difficult category to wrangle. With that in mind, we’ve put together a quick reference guide with data and market insights, to help inform your buy.
The following document is a part of Public Spend Forum’s...
Purchasing Insights – Food Services
Oct 3, 2016
Food services are contracted by every type of organization: commercial businesses, institutions like universities and hospitals and governments. There are many techniques to improve sourcing of this service to manage costs and satisfy customers.
As part of Public Spend Forum’s category...
Introducing the Learning Credit Guidebook
Oct 1, 2016
Learning occurs in many ways, and we want to help you get the credit you deserve when it does occur in our portal. By offering
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Doing The People’s Business: Key Competencies for Effective Public Procurement
Sep 30, 2016
Public procurement organizations are only proficient in four of the 12 key competencies the workforce needs to be effective, according to the more than 40 experts interviewed for this report: “Doing the People’s Business: Key Competencies for Effective Public Procurement.”
The Volcker...
