How Has the Pandemic Affected Government Procurement?
Government procurement organizations have faced three primary challenges during the pandemic: opacity, corruption and failure to integrate adequte policies.
Posts Tagged: contracting
12 Days of Christmas: Contracting Officer Edition
12 things your average contracting officer would like for Christmas.
How to Modernize Digital Services Without Throwing out the Baby With the Bath Water
How do you deliver modern and user-friendly digital content and services when anchored by years of acquired habit and vintage infrastructure?
Fighting Fraud with Analytics: A Lesson from Brazil
Fighting fraud has never been easier.
3 Ways Defense Contractors Can Slash Surge Hiring Costs
Learn how your defense contracting company dodge surge-hiring hurdles.
Troubling Trends in Government Contracting
As I look across these (digital) mountains of Request for Proposals (RFP)s, I’m noticing a few trends that are concerning to me and I’d like to call attention to.
What I Learned ‘Buying’ Our New City Digital Services
Through this process, we also discovered that we need to change the way we procure technology. So, now we are also embarking on a new journey: updating our process so we can more easily procure the technology of now and the future. Our staff requires 21st-century tools because the community deserves 21st-century service.
5 Tips to Strengthen the Public Procurement Workforce
Suggestions for how government leaders can ensure that procurement offices are able to best contribute to mission.
Funding What Works Requires Building Performance Systems
The “pay for success” movement in the non-profit world is starting to take hold at the federal, state, and local levels. But a prerequisite is having some way of measuring success – and ensuring the funding models encourage it.
Cybersecurity NAICS Codes Might Be Coming Soon!
Addressing concerns that federal agencies are not taking advantage of innovative cybersecurity offerings, particularly from small businesses and startups.
