Transitioning a Mature P-Card System

By Larry Anderson

Washington State Department of Transportation shares the lessons of switching card providers....

A Bright Future Using LEDs

By Scot Case

Large-volume government purchases are helping to drive LED costs down and quality up....

More users, more codes in 2010

By John Walters

John Walters, president of NIGP Code Services at Periscope Holdings, summarizes activities of the NIGP Code in 2010....

In search of Guiding Principles

By Clifford McCue and Candace Riddle

Dr. Clifford McCue describes the process of creating Guiding Principles for public procurement and the next steps for creating Standards of Practice....

Adapting to lower tax revenues: The TBC model

By Robert Knauer and Steve Sorett

The Transitional Benefits Corporation (TBC) model provides several conversion options for government bodies, all while continuing certain services at the current pace of operations....

Responsive or not?

By Richard Pennington

Richard Pennington examines two recent cases to highlight special problems in applying concepts of responsiveness in requests for proposals (RFPs)....

Is cooperative purchasing too successful?

By Steven M. Demel

Cooperative purchasing has certainly been implemented successfully. Now I am wondering aloud: Is it too successful?...

Procurement Ponderable responses

GoPro readers respond to a hypothetical scenario from the December/January issue involving a contract awarded to a fraudulent woman-owned and minority-owned business....

Performance data on the latest certification exams

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

UPPCC new certifications

187 individuals successfully completed the fall 2010 UPPCC certification examinations....

Calendar of events

A list of NIGP courses, conferences and webinars in April 2011 and May 2011....

How making decisions boosts credibility

By Fred Marks

How public purchasers make decisions affects their credibility....