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10 Ways for Women-Owned Businesses to Succeed in Government Contracting
Mar 5, 2019
After trying for two decades, the federal government has finally met its goal of awarding five percent, or $17.8 billion, of all contracts to women-owned small businesses. This means five percent is no longer the ceiling but the foundation to build up from moving forward. The Small Business...
Driving Value Through the Supplier Experience
Feb 28, 2019
By Michael Arthur, Federal Business Development Leader at Ivalua
The nature of Public Sector Procurement demands a high level of sensitivity to perceptions of processes, communications, and access. This involves the perspectives of immediate stakeholders, agency leads and the general public, but it...
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office Opening Next Year to Tackle Fraud
Feb 28, 2019
euronews has published an informative article explaining how Brussels is reaching a key stage in moves to open a new agency aimed at tackling fraud involving European Union cash. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), it explains, aims to be up-and-running by next year, and will seek to...
Online Bidding Phishing Schemes Targeting U.S. Government Contractors
Feb 28, 2019
Not European news but a lesson for us all – Security Boulevard tells of a couple of phishing schemes that are currently (end February 2019) targeting contractors who do business with two US federal government agencies. Researchers have found that the server hosting the (in one case the...
Trends to Watch in Government Contracting
Feb 25, 2019
Understanding the government contracting landscape and current trends and legislation can be very helpful in planning and adjusting your focus to take advantage of emerging services and focus in the industry.
The Modernizing Government Technology Act (MGT) of 2017 Will Influence IT Procurement...
Dilemmas in Selecting Good Suppliers & Good Procurement Talents
Feb 22, 2019
When I was equally ambitious but somewhat younger one of my former employers supported my MBA. (That was during the Dotcom bubble with Internet still in its infancies). I recall one beer-night with fellow-students when we had a discussion on successful recruitment methods. We felt that networking...
Public Sector Smarter Working Awards Nominees Announced
Feb 21, 2019
Nominees for the 2019 Smarter Working Awards organised by the UK Government Property Agency have been revealed. 12 government organisations are recognised for their achievements in driving smart working transformation across the civil service and wider public sector. The awards recognise best...
Survey Finds Widespread Adoption of Digital Technology in Italy and European Public eProcurement
Feb 21, 2019
Independent spend management company, Jaggaer, and Promo PA Foundation, have released the results of a survey of public procurement across Italy. Based on 250 interviews with Italian public procurement organisations, it was designed to measure how digital purchasing has changed public procurement...
Turnover Thresholds Too High for Small Practices to Bid for Public Work
Feb 21, 2019
Architect’s Journal says the vast majority of architects can’t bid for public work and that something has to change. It states the UK’s public procurement system effectively excludes small practices and call on government to fix the problem. “Turnover thresholds and professional indemnity...
OECD Report Highlights Ethical Risks Around Use Of Algorithms
Feb 21, 2019
A new report – Government Global Trends 2019 – released by the Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI), highlights a number of countries where data scores are being used to classify citizens and make decisions based on these groupings. Governments around the world are experimenting with...
Inspiring Women and Procurement Leaders to Improve Government Contracting
Feb 21, 2019
Episode 14 of the Public Procurement Leaders Podcast with Guest Marcheta Gillespie
Not everyone knows they want a career in public procurement, but we commonly hear how much people love it after they arrive. The same is true for Marcheta Gillespie, whose procurement journey started after an...
The 4 Value Levers of Public Procurement
Feb 18, 2019
The Keys to Value and Success in the Public Sector
Working within the public sector has its challenges. All too often, the entire public sector market—buyers and suppliers alike—is subjected to arbitrary policies drafted by groups that have little understanding of how to generate value or...
