August 2005
City to Text Message Health Alerts
City to Text Message Health Alerts The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) has purchased a communication system to power the PDPH Health Response...
Daytime Populations on the Rise
Daytime Populations on the Rise If it seems a little crowded on weekdays in cities like Washington, D.C.; Irvine, CA; Salt Lake City, UT; or Orlando,...
DOE Seeks Public Comment on Energy Corridors
DOE Seeks Public Comment on Energy Corridors The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it and several other federal agencies will host eleven...
Interior Biologists Told to Fundraise
Interior Biologists Told to Fundraise The U.S. Department of Interior has told its elite ecological scientists that they have to raise 20 percent of their...
Senate Returns P-Card Purchase Limits to Pre-Katrina Levels
Senate Returns P-Card Purchase Limits to Pre-Katrina Levels The Senate has approved a measure coauthored by Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
Anti-Terrorism Search Technology Helps Uncover Covert Content Threats
Anti-Terrorism Search Technology Helps Uncover Covert Content Threats IBM, Armonk, NY, announces a new search technology that enables intelligence and...
Buying Smarter
Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges (LVAIC) incorporated in 1969 as a group of six independent Pennsylvania higher-education institutions...
For Illinois Agency, Knowledge is Powerand Promise
How can state governments stop reinventing the wheel every time a valued employee leaves with institutional knowledge or files detailing the processes...
Greening Federal Purchasing
The federal government is one of the worlds largest purchasing entities. Excluding purchases by the Department of Defense, it spends almost $300 billion...
GSA Restructures to Create Federal Acquisition Service
The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced details of a new organizational structure that will combine the Federal Technology Service (FTS)...
Job Order Contracting Lays Foundation for Savings
At any level of government, public purchasers look for ways to streamline the procurement process. By simplifying and expediting purchasing procedures,...
NASPO Relocates Headquarters
NASPO Relocates Headquarters The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) management firm, AMR Management Services (AMR), formerly...
Public Purchaser Wins Whistle Blower Case
Public Purchaser Wins Whistle Blower Case Beau Grants column, Is Public Procurement Being Sold Out?, page 44, June 2005, prompted Janet A. Garrison, CPPO,...
Public-Private Partnerships Prove Positive for Municipalities
The Water Partnership Council released its first report on public-private partnerships to mayors and other municipal officials attending the United States...
South Carolina DOT Steers Toward Service to Drive Vendor Variation
South Carolina DOT Steers Toward Service to Drive Vendor Variation The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SC DOT) has subscribed to SourceConnect,...
States Strategy Promotes Savings, MWBE Participation
Upon taking office in 2003, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell learned that he had inherited a $2 billion structural deficit. One of his campaign...
The Gathering
The Gathering Ive just returned home from the fabulous 2005 NIGP Forum in Anaheim, California. It was one of the best I have ever attended. The hotels...
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