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Managing Public Procurement Corruption with Technology

May 16, 2017
The World Bank describes the need for reform and governance improvement in public procurement and how procurement technology can significantly further the reform agenda. In particular, this report explains how the use of technology can benefit public procurement in three primary ways, as defined by...

The Success of E-Procurement In Georgia: World Bank Tells the Story

May 1, 2017
This article presents a brief case study of the benefits the country of Georgia achieved through implementing an e-procurement system. As stated in the article: “In Georgia, the introduction of e-procurement (Ge-GP) is a good example of how strong political will and commitment can be critical in...

E-Procurement Technology Helps to Combat Corruption

May 1, 2017
An article in Forbes looks at the ways electronic procurement can increase transparency and cut down on corruption. Aside from increasing efficiency, the article notes that e-procurement can often open government markets to more vendors, and help bring down costs. “The metrics for the success of...

IoT, AI, and Automation are Coming: What is the Future of Public Procurement

Apr 4, 2017
Last Wednesday we attended Procurement Week at London Docklands’ The Crystal – amazing views of the Emirates Cable Cars across the Thames. This conference is one of a kind in that it spans three days, is truly international, attracting delegates from all over the world, and focuses on all...

Global Public Procurement Benchmaking

Nov 14, 2016
The World Bank is about to roll out its 2017 Global Public Procurement Benchmarking Report. It will be presented on December 5 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC:  https://www.uschamber.com/event/benchmarking-public-procurement-2017   About Benchmarking Public procurement...

U.S. Public Sector News 11/11

Nov 11, 2016
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...

Onvia Survey on Trends in Government Spending

Nov 2, 2016
Business intelligence firm Onvia has released the results of its first annual survey of government procurement practitioners, polling more than 500 pros from city, count and state governments, as well as school districts across the US. For each insight gained through the survey, the report actually...

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...

White House Announces New Mobile Device Policy

Aug 24, 2016
You knew this was coming: Following the release of category management policies that sought to improve the way the federal government purchased laptop and desktop computers, as well as software licenses, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a new policy targeted at...

VIDEO: An Introduction to the Digital Services Playbook

Aug 23, 2016
Within 10 months of the failed October 2013 rollout of Healthcare.gov, the White House launched the United States Digital Service (USDS) to “work in collaboration with other government agencies to make websites more consumer friendly, to identify and fix problems, and to help upgrade the...

Jennifer Pahlka Talks Innovation, Agile, and California

Jun 23, 2016
For years California’s Child Welfare System—the electronic records system that helped keep track of cases for neglected, abused and vulnerable kids—was woefully out of date. And when California decided to go out to bid for a new one, the request for proposal was typically “monolithic,”...

Implementing E-Procurement – Kenya Runs Into Problems

Sep 25, 2015
It is not long ago that the introduction of e-procurement in Kenya was being hailed as a big success. Like many other countries in Africa and indeed other parts of the world, corruption has been a major problem in public procurement, and the introduction of e-procurement was seen as one way of...