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Back to Business: Federal Contracting in the Trump Administration

Nov 30, 2016
(Note, this article originally appeared on censeoconsulting.com.) The next four years will be anything but business as usual. Among projected social and economic policy changes, President-elect Donald Trump has signaled significant shifts in how the incoming administration manages federal...

Why does my boss hate networking?

Nov 22, 2016
It’s true: my boss Raj Sharma hates networking. That statement may raise a few eyebrows, but stick with me for a second, because what he really hates is the term and its implications. To Raj, “networking” implies a numbers game of quid pro quo transactions that looks good on paper. But what...

The Different Faces of Risk Aversion in the Public Sector

Oct 26, 2016
Last week, we wrote about the issue of risk and in particular the risk averse attitude that many public sector procurement staff still appear to hold. The topic was discussed at our Public Spend Forum Exchange kick-off meeting recently, where leaders from different parts of the UK public sector...

Cloud Procurement in Philadelphia Slows Under New CIO Charles Brennan

Sep 29, 2016
StateScoop published an interesting story this week on the City of Philadelphia’s struggles to manage its cloud procurement. The city’s former CIO Adel Ebeid called Philly a “cloud-first city” a little over a year ago, and laid out a plan to move much of the city’s infrastructure to the...

Podcast: 18F’s Dave Zvenyach on Innovation and $1 Procurements

Aug 19, 2016
We all know the problems and the challenges in government grab all of the headlines, but we also know there is an untold number of untold stories of people in the government doing great work to make the government work better and smarter for citizens. These are good stories to tell, and good...

IPSERA 2018 – update on procurement research

The IPSERA 2018 conference started during the festivities of the Greek National Independence Day. A sunny day in Athens, still a bit fresh but with spring in the air. That was a distinct and very welcome difference from the bleak season in the more Northern European countries. (April is the...