Saving Neighborhoods from the Housing Crisis

By Larry Anderson

To spend a $13.5 million federal grant, Port St. Lucie, Fla., reinvented procurement processes and reached out to local vendors....

The Feds Step Up

By Scot Case

Effects of President Obama's Executive Order ripple through the federal government purchasing community....

Old Dominion University Achieves Pareto Award

By Larry Anderson

The seventh recipient of coveted award is also the first institution of higher education....

Baltimore triples purchasing efficiency

Baltimore tripled the amount of purchases processed each month with an online system....

Diversity means opportunity

By John M. Mahin

A wide breadth of employee differences makes an organization stronger....

Legendary times legendary opportunity

By Marcheta E. Gillespie

It's time for procurement to understand the value we bring to our agency, quantify it and share it in a way that resonates with decision-makers....

Cost-per-copy office machine contract initiative in Ohio wins Cronin Bronze Award

By Jack T. Pitzer and Richard Pennington

The winner of the 2010 George Cronin Bronze Award for Procurement Excellence is a young procurement manager who developed an initiative that saved Ohio more than $182,000 in the first year of a pilot project....

GO PRO reader feedback

Readers respond to previous GoPro articles in the August-September edition of GoPro. Multiple reactions to "single bid" column and putting ethics out there....

Procurement Ponderable

Readers respond to a question posed in the August-September edition of GoPro....

NIGP's 65th Annual Forum and Products Exposition

NIGP presented several awards for procurement excellence at the NIGP Forum in San Antonio August 2010....

New NIGP members

Agencies and individuals who joined NIGP in June, July and August 2010....

UPPCC Certified Agencies

Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council's (UPPCC) Agency Certification Award program identifies organizations that have fully certified public procurement staffs....

Calendar of events

NIGP courses, conferences and webinars....

How to be a better negotiator

By Fred Marks

Negotiation tips for procurement professionals from Fred Marks, columnist for GoPro magazine....