August 2003

Citys Software Solution Empowers E-Business

In Tacoma, WA, "America's No. 1 Wired City," officials are charging ahead with a $50 million project to enhance financial functions, procurement processes,...

Purchasers Strike a Balance With Best Value Procurement

Weighing factors other than cost helps purchasers reap immeasurable benefits Left to right: Douglas Richins, State Purchasing Director, Utah Division...

Common Sense

Editor's Note: Beau Grant, CPPO, is a master instructor for the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) and president of Beau-Geste Enterprises....

Distribution Center is the Toast of Liquor Control Boards

Operator places a pre-printed code on each case for tracking purposes and push the cases from the pallet onto the conveying system. Up to 75 percent of...

Frisch Findings

October 1993 marked the launch of Government PROcurement Journal (GPRO), a magazine for the government purchasing professional. GPRO was the culmination...

How to Overcome Organizational Indifference

Linda Keefe, CEO, Shared Results International. We hear the phrases every day: "That's not my job," "I can't help you; talk to my boss," "That's just...

Interoperability: Communicating in a Crisis

The events of September 11, 2001, brought to light the woeful inadequacies of the emergency communication systems in the United States. With the threat...

Multi-Agency Group Seeks to Increase Internet Security

Editor's Note: Roger Sullivan is the CEO of Phaos Technology Corp., a Java security tools developer based in New York City, and a member of the Liberty...

Public-Sector Purchasers Head to Austin for Annual Roundup

Hip, high-tech capital of Texas welcomes the National Purchasing Institute's 35 th Annual Conference and Products Exposition Located in Central Texas...

Statewide Surplus Equipment Initiative Saves Taxpayers? Money

A new surplus property collection program will be implemented throughout all Connecticut state agencies. The initiative, called "Got Stuff?", will round...

Advisory Board Explores Procurement Promises and Pitfalls

2003 Editorial Advisory Board Bruce Hartmetz, CPPB Buyer, City of Northglenn, CO William (Bill) Irish, CPPO, C.P.M. Purchasing Manager, County of Northampton,...

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