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Breakthrough: Startups and Small Businesses for Government
Mar 26, 2019
The number of women-owned businesses has risen at a virtually unprecedented rate and this historic expansion is due to the efforts of women who have been willing to take the leap and become entrepreneurs. At Public Spend Forum, we are proud to continue supporting those efforts in the next edition...
Amazon Web Services: IT Vendor Training and Matchmaking Day
Feb 28, 2019
Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the DC Office of Chief Technical Officer (OCTO)
Learn about contracting opportunities with the DC government for IT services and products, what it looks for in vendors and best practices...
Recap & Recording: Vested for Success: An Innovative Approach to Complex Services Acquisition
Feb 20, 2019
Attendees joined Public Spend Forum and Kate Vitasek, University of Tennessee faculty member and founder of the Vested® business model, to learn how incorporating 5 simple “rules” can improve the effectiveness for services acquisition.
Vitasek’s original research was funded by the United...
Recap & Recording: How to Use GovShop to Discover Cooperative Contracts and Suppliers for Facilities Svcs & Supplies
Feb 19, 2019
Every organization has needs involving facilities services & supplies. At GovShop, we have worked to identify and populate both cooperative agreements as well as suppliers in general that can be leveraged by government agencies across the U.S.
This webinar walks you through how to identify existing...
Breakthrough: Startups and Small Businesses for Government
Feb 19, 2019
Every day, startups and small businesses are driving innovation and impact in the public sector, bringing leading technologies, solutions, and approaches that are having an impact in big ways and small. Breakthrough is Public Spend Forum and GovShop’s platform to highlight companies, government...
Recap & Recording: State of Nevada Writes a New Procurement Story
Jan 29, 2019
Sponsored by Periscope Holdings
At the State of Nevada, a new procurement chapter is being written. It’s the chapter of modern, transparent, and intelligent procurement. Procurement Administrator Jeffrey Haag is leveraging his private sector background and public sector expertise to drive...
Recap & Recording: How to Use GovShop to Discover Cooperative Procurement Contracts
Jan 22, 2019
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State and local governments use cooperative procurement agreements to speed up procurement, leverage buying power of government as a whole, and to find the best suppliers. However, researching and finding the right coops can be challenging time-consuming. Until now. GovShop has created an...
AI and ML poised to play greater role in Nordics military systems
Dec 19, 2019
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is poised to play an ever-increasing role in the development of next-generation military systems, explains Computer Weekly. A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says that nuclear-armed...
Implementing robotics and RPA in the public sector
Dec 12, 2019
Experts from Convedo tell Consultancy.uk how RPA can benefit the public sector. Because government departmental work requires a high level of non-strategic tasks like data entry, data collection, validation, and repetitive consolidation-type processes, automation, in the shape RPA, could rectify...
Report showcases public sector AI use cases
Dec 12, 2019
The OECD’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) in Paris has released a report of 50 countries surveyed about their use of AI to enhance public sector work. It found that 36 have, or plan to have, public sector AI strategies that will allow AI to be integrated into policy-making and...
Could AR/VR augment the public sector?
Dec 12, 2019
Established three years ago with the backing of Innovate UK, Immerse UK is the primary industry body for the immersive technology sector. Its aim is to support growth and innovation throughout the immersive tech world – which includes products such as augmented reality and virtual reality...
Because No One is Coming
Dec 11, 2019
Because no one is coming, and we’re tired of waiting.
Because none of us can avoid bureaucracy, but we can all choose how to engage it.
Because fairness and competition need a better role model.
Because the procurement industry needs a creative force for change.
Because an open government...
