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State Government E-Procurement in the Information Age: Issues, Practices, and Trends

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This report seeks to understand how Information Technology (IT) contributes to the effectiveness of state procurement management and to increase knowledge to improve future applications of IT in state and local government procurement management systems. Technology and E-Government

 

The Acquisition Workforce: What Agency Chief Operating Officers Need to Do

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Learn how agencies can put in place or enhance core processes to make the acquistion functions operate as effectively as possible.

The Procurement Partnership Model: Moving to a Team-Based Approach

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The emerging partnership model of procurement is characterized by team-based approaches, new contracting vehicles, an outcome orientation, and increased emphasis on open communication and due diligence.This report describes the strategies that have worked for both achieving results and ensuring accountability. The report also outlines what still needs to be done to see these successful approaches utilized more widely in the procurement process. Contracting

Benchmarking Procurement Practices in Higher Education

Submitted by on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 20:00

This report focuses on the procurement function within higher education. Since universities are spending billions of dollars on a range of goods and services, it seemed prudent to conduct a benchmarking study of procurement practices across a broad range of colleges and universities. This study seeks to uncover leading practices that colleges and universities across the nation, as well as other nonprofit organizations, may consider adopting as they wrestle with common financial challenges.

Transforming Government: Creating the New Defense Procurement System

Submitted by on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 20:00

This report focuses on the government leaders within the Pentagon and the White House who transformed the weapons procurement process from a rule-bound, inflexible, and inefficient system to a more subjective, cost-effective, and innovative public acquisition process. The study seeks to discover how these public sector leaders injected private sector business methodologies into the traditional federal bureaucracy and offers an illustration of how this government team exemplified leading widespread change and instilling innovation. Organizational Transformation

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