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An Important New Guide to Agile
Nov 13, 2017
Think about it for a bit, and it should become clear why a waterfall style of software development—where one develops requirements and a work plan in advance, and only then sets the contractor about the job of producing the system—became so entrenched in government for so long.
This approach...
SmallGovCon Week in Review: November 6-10, 2017
Nov 10, 2017
Happy Veterans Day to all our SmallGovCon readers. We hope that you will take some time today and tomorrow to honor the strength, loyalty and commitment that our brave veterans dedicated to this country. Veterans, we are deeply grateful for your service.
This edition of SmallGovCon Week In...
Recorded Webinar: How to Buy Drones
Nov 8, 2017
If you are curious about how drones are used in the public sector and want to learn how to buy them, then this pre-recorded webinar will get you on the right track.
Drones are doing amazing work in the public sector, from creating 3D models of large mountains to helping in disaster recovery and...
How Can Government Deliver an Amazon-Like Service Experience to Constituents?
Nov 8, 2017
States at the forefront of developing a unified, customer-centric digital government experience share some of their top insights. Others can learn from Georgia, Utah, and Ohio. Georgia’s work has been fostering buy-in across agencies, data-driven decision-making and creating one source of...
Highways England New Procurement Approach
Nov 2, 2017
Chief Executive of Highways England, Jim O’Sullivan, has revealed the highways body is looking at new ways to award work based on contractor performance as part of its new procurement model. We read in New Civil Engineer that contractors could be judged by the client on how well a scheme is...
Webinar Recording: Modernizing IT Through Agile Share-in-Savings Contracts
Oct 30, 2017
To watch the full video, scroll down!Governments at all levels are grappling with the need to invest in new technologies and modernize their legacy systems. But lack of resources and capital investment dollars can often prevent that from happening. Vendors are ready to take risks and put more...
Why State and Local Governments Need Certified Procurement Professionals
Oct 25, 2017
With State and Local Government spending exceeding $2.8 trillion dollars; there are over a trillion reasons for State and Local Governments to have Certified Public Procurement Professionals. As both state and local government spending continues to rise, the need for procurement reform has risen to...
A Successful Public Sector Procurement Transformation Story
Oct 12, 2017
It makes a nice change to actually report on a public sector ‘good news’ story. This one in particular is a successful procurement transformation story in the UK Blue Light, or emergency services, sector. It was undertaken by Mike Fairbotham, Associate Director of Procurement and Logistics at...
Should Public Sector Be Contracting for Outcomes
Sep 29, 2017
There has been much talk in recent years about the need for public sector procurement of services (in particular) to focus more on outcomes rather than specifying in detail the activities that the supplier will carry out.
That principle can be applied to many services, from cleaning to professional...
An e-Library for Accessing Best Practice Public Procurement Across the EU
Sep 29, 2017
Next month the European Commission intends to release a new tool for sharing good practices and solutions to common public procurement challenges, to improve the compliance and quality of public procurement across the EU. A special workshop “Procurement for better results: sharing of good...
How a Taiwanese Government Innovation Could Solve a Peculiarly American Problem
Aug 30, 2017
The latest excuse for Americans to divide themselves into warring camps is over the fate of Confederate Civil War monuments. One camp says these are offensive lionizations of slaveholders, while the other says they are part of our heritage and that taking them down disrespects our history.
I will...
What Can Blockchain Do for Public Procurement?
Aug 28, 2017
How Government Agencies Can Revolutionize Their Interactions with Citizens
To some extent, blockchain technology is like an iceberg. What you see is just one tiny fraction of what is hidden beneath the surface. Most people have heard of the blockchain in connection with digital currencies, such as...
