The Great Green North

By Scot Case

Environmental purchasing has taken root in Canada through multiple efforts embracing the benefits of collaboration....

Controlling Costs Through Energy Procurement

By Bob Wooten

Deregulation presents opportunities and challenges, and volatility in the electricity and natural gas markets makes a sound procurement plan crucial....

Managing Risk in the Procurement Process

By Kenneth E. Barden

Conducting a risk analysis can identify areas of concern or weakness and avoid greater problems in the future....

Jobs as learning platforms

By Greg Hopkins

Oregon launches a certification process that leverages on-the-job performance....

Master data management using the NIGP Code

By John Walters

The NIGP Code can be used to help tie together seemingly disparate pieces of procurement data....

The ethics of preference programs

By Dan Marran

Despite good intentions, they can disrupt fair market forces and even impair participating companies....

Transparency in government

Technology provides a modern tool to transform a 200-year-old philosophical ideal into an achievable reality....

Ethics and morals: Inside and out

By J. Kevin Beardsley

Many people use the terms morals and ethics as if they were interchangeable, but there is a very basic difference....

GO PRO reader feedback

Procurement Ponderable: What if you award a contract to a business that may not be licensed in your state?...

Performance data on the latest certification exams

The UPPCC has released key performance data from the May 2010 examinations....

UPPCC new certifications

207 individuals successfully completed the spring 2010 UPPCC certification exams administered in May....

Some information on RFIs

By Fred Marks

When used properly, a Request for Information (RFI) can be of immense value to the solicitation process....