February 2006

Complaint Targets SBA's Noncompletion of Women's Procurement Program

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

Complaint Targets SBA's Noncompletion of Women's Procurement Program The U.S. District Court has refused to dismiss the complaint filed by the U.S. Women's...

Contracting Courses Earn Equivalency Authorization

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

Contracting Courses Earn Equivalency Authorization ESI International, a provider of contract management, project management, and business analysis training,...

Cooperative Contract Covers Homeland Security and Disaster Assistance

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

Cooperative Contract Covers Homeland Security and Disaster Assistance U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance worked with Fairfax County, VA,...

Federal Vendor Database Creates Contract and Grant-Revenue Profiles

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

Federal Vendor Database Creates Contract and Grant-Revenue Profiles Eagle Eye Publishers, Inc., has released Company Business Intelligence (CBI), an online...

Green Computers Soon Just a Click Away

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

Green Computers Soon Just a Click Away Responding to overwhelming demand by large-volume computer purchasers seeking to buy more environmentally preferable...

Guides Cover Updates in Procurement, Lobbying, and Ethics Laws

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

Guides Cover Updates in Procurement, Lobbying, and Ethics Laws Executive Source Guides, by State and Federal Communications, Inc., help entities and lobbyists...

Illinois to Host Government Savings Workshop

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

Illinois to Host Government Savings Workshop The State of Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) will host Measuring and Sustaining...

Massachusetts-- Launching the Next Green Purchasing Revolution

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Scot Case

Massachusetts-- Launching the Next Green Purchasing Revolution By Scot Case and Dmitriy Nikolayev In 1773, a group of disgruntled colonists boarded ships...

Mentoring, Databases Fuel Future

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Katherine Frisch

Mentoring, Databases Fuel Future As the baby boomer generation retires, procurement offices across the nation face yet another challenge--knowledge management....

NIGP Awards First Supplier Certificates

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Staff Government PROcurement

NIGP Awards First Supplier Certificates The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) announced that three suppliers were awarded the Government...

Oregon Sources Lemonade From Telecom Lemons

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Government Procurement Contributor

Oregon Sources Lemonade From Telecom Lemons Through benchmarking, negotiating, and other strategies, the State of Oregon squeezed the best buy for telecommunications...

Payment Card Programs Support Transparent Fiscal Management

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Government Procurement Contributor

Payment Card Programs Support Transparent Fiscal Management By Eva M. Robinson For state and local public-sector organizations across the country, the...

Preventing Protests

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Government Procurement Contributor

By Jack Zeigler, C.P.M. Policy and Protest Manager, State of Washington This article is the first in a series of three on the topic of protest management....

State's Vendor Portal Receives Top Honor

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

State's Vendor Portal Receives Top Honor Business of all sizes that want to do work with or provide services to the State of Washington utilize the nation's...

The Three Ps of Procurement

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Null Null

By Michael A. Hordell and Sean P. Bamford Every procurement, whether large or small, begins with a planning phase. On one hand, guidelines for procurement...

Who Should Write the "Specs"?

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Beau Grant

Who Should Write the ? This may come as a surprise to some managers, internal customers, and procurement personnel, but procurement should not be writing...