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Recap & Recording: Skills of a World-Class Public Procurement Workforce
Mar 28, 2018
As part of our webinar series focused on helping Chief Procurement Officers and Acquisition Executives understand the key skills and gaps of the procurement workforce, Public Spend Forum, in collaboration with NIGP, provided an overview of the Public Procurement Workforce Competency Model. In the...
A New Era For Big Data In Procurement: Part 2
Mar 23, 2018
As illustrated by the quote below, the case for data in business is not a new one, nor one that needs to be much discussed. The purpose is, and always was, to collect sufficient data (and not too much, ‘infobesity’ and ‘analysis paralysis’ are well-known pitfalls in that area) to make the...
When Things Go Wrong in Procurement: 5 Tips on What to Do
Mar 15, 2018
Over the course of the last decade, a lot has changed in public procurement. Among other developments, international organizations have gotten more involved in public procurement policy, creating toolkits (think O.E.C.D in Paris), and standardizing how procurement is integrated in national...
Meet the Contracting Folks Who Are Encouraging New IT Vendors
Mar 15, 2018
When interviewing non-traditional IT vendors in the federal marketplace for a series of blogs, I asked how they decided what agencies to target. A common answer was that they chose based on whether a sympathetic contracting officer was present. So — not the least to provide tips to contracting...
Advice for CIOs on Modernizing IT Through MGT Opportunities
Mar 12, 2018
Writing in his regular Reporter’s Notebook column for Federal News Radio, Jason Miller shares advice from former CIO and public sector technology leaders on how agencies should begin the work of applying for modernization funding, either through the central account or via their own agency working...
Three Key Skills This Procurement Leader Thinks Everyone Should Have
Mar 5, 2018
Even into her third year as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Jenny Doherty hasn’t stopped doing what she loves: bringing private sector best practices into government. Whether its saving money through innovative practices like reverse auctions or streamlining...
A New Era for Big Data in Procurement
Feb 26, 2018
The Convergence of the Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Artificial Intelligence. Part 1.
There is an important issue in the world of Procurement. While the future of the function is at stake, too many CPOs and Procurement organisations are looking at the future of Procurement solely through a...
SmallGovCon Week In Review: February 12-16, 2018
Feb 16, 2018
Love was in the air this week with Valentine’s Day falling on Wednesday. If all the chocolate and flowers distracted you from the latest and greatest in government contracting news, you’re in luck. It’s time for our weekly roundup, the SmallGovCon Week in Review.
In today’s edition, a...
Starting the Procurement Journey to BI Solutions – Recorded Webinar
Feb 14, 2018
Public sector organizations may experience great benefit from business intelligence (BI) solutions, but not without diligence in the planning process to understand why they need it and which business challenges are to be solved.This was one of several themes discussed during Public Spend Forum’s...
Buy Smart to Avoid the Business Intelligence Failure Trap
Feb 5, 2018
If you’re planning to buy a business intelligence solution, how will you make sure your project isn’t one out of every two that will fail? There are common reasons for this high failure rate, and some relatively easy steps that you as a buyer can take to avoid this outcome for you or your...
Public-Sector Tech: Ongoing Issues and Opportunities
Jan 31, 2018
As agencies attempt to connect government to technology, there are enduring themes and disruptive topics that keep showing up. GovTech provides a rundown of technology trends that both elected leaders and government officials keep talking about. The article provides an overview of the issues and...
Insights on Buying Strategies for the Public Sector
Jan 31, 2018
Public procurement veteran Steve Gordon talks best practices, future of cooperative purchasing, and much more. In interviews he’s conducted with officials at large public procurement agencies, Gordon has found that procurement teams tend to focus their research on price and cost-savings and not...
