The Future of Green Information

By Scot Case

EPDs and LCAs provide additional details that could make green purchasing easier....

Greening the American Dream

By Chris O'Brien

Three examples of saving time, money and the earth's resources at a Washington, D.C. university....

Total Transparency in Real Time

By Larry Anderson

Reverse auctions are gaining popularity as a procurement tool in the challenging economic climate....

Focus on Quality and Process Control

Punta Gorda, Fla., uses "Six Sigma" and "Lean" tools to eliminate inefficiencies....

A full circle of communication

By Carrie Woodell

Procurement professionals should recognize and share positive results with vendors to improve relationships....

State of Washington adopts NIGP Code to manage spend

By John Walters

Washington adopted a strategy to standardize commodity coding using the NIGP Code to communicate to vendors what the state wants to buy....

Fighting phony toner cartridges

The Imaging Supplies Coalition asks customers to help eliminate counterfeiting and fraud in the imaging supplies industry....

Steps to get the right solution

By Oz Morales

Following are the sequential steps that have proven highly effective in technology solution procurement for local government agencies....

Keeping coverage current

By Brian R. Smith

Multnomah County, Oregon, changed its process for managing insurance certificates to reduce its exposure to potential claims and judgments....

Proposal revisions during post-award contract execution: Are they fair?

By Richard Pennington

Richard Pennington examines legal cases in Florida and New Jersey that have determined whether governments can alter RFP requirements after selecting a contractor....

NIGP Forum calls on procurement pros to capitalize on excellence

By Michael Keating and Lynette Cable

The 2011 NIGP Forum and Products Exposition takes place at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., near Washington, from Aug. 25-29. The host of the event is the Herndon, Va.-based National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP)....

2011 Executive Leadership Series with Michael Staver

The NIGP Forum's Executive Leadership Series for 2011 is presented by Michael Staver, Certified Speaking Professional....

NIGP 2011 Forum Exhibitors

More than 120 companies will exhibit at NIGP Forum 2011. The following list is accurate as of April 28, 2011....

Exhibitor Spotlight

Descriptions of some of the exhibitors that will be at NIGP Forum 2011....

Coop purchasing: Vital now more than ever

By David Yarkin

With ever-growing demands and ever-shrinking staffs and budgets, removing cooperative purchasing from the mix would be an enormous setback to our profession....

Procurement Ponderable

GoPro magazine asks readers what they would do in a sticky situation when a wastewater contract comes up for bid....

Calendar of events

A list of NIGP courses, conferences and webinars in July and August 2011....