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Ten years later, agencies still making gains on category management

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billion in costs through category management in fiscal 2024, nearly 29% above their goal for the year. And while no one would say government purchasing has exactly become simple in the intervening 10 years, category management and best-in-class contracting have done their share of work toward making things better.

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State Dept transforming procurement with category management, streamlined processes

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Federal Monthly Insights - Contract Management Modernization - 9/24/2024 [link] Download audio The State Department is embarking on a transformation in how it performs acquisition. It’s moving to a category management approach, organizing procurement around the primary categories of spend.

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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

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The Government Accountability Office found last January that out of the 24 agencies they reviewed for software licenses management, Microsoft was the most common, with agencies reporting it 36 times for a total of about $2.4 billion in spending. Microsoft is the first of what is expected to be many enterprisewide deals.

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Your Teams Have Account Plans in Place… But Are They Optimized for Federal Contracting?

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So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. Having a well-developed account plan is crucial for focusing your efforts on business development and managing relationships with strategic customers. Reach out to us by filling this form.

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Your Teams Have Account Plans in Place… But Are They Optimized for Federal Contracting?

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So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. Having a well-developed account plan is crucial for focusing your efforts on business development and managing relationships with strategic customers. Reach out to us by filling this form.

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GAO wants OMB to prioritize agencies’ FedRAMP use, modernization and more

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In a report made public Monday , the Government Accountability Office outlined 37 total priority recommendations to improve how the Office of Management and Budget encourages adequate technology-related practices across the federal landscape.

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Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium

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Vishal Patel and Peter Hunt delivered their session ‘Creating Value with Strategic Sourcing’ to discuss how Procurement professionals are recognizing that the fast-paced digital landscape of today demands new approaches to category management and strategic sourcing. The answer is simple – automation.