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SmallGovCon Week in Review: Jan. 28-Feb. 2, 2024

SmallGovCon

This week in federal government contracting news had some important updates, including a new GSA schedule catalog platform, a report on savings in software purchases, and a revamped SBA training program from small businesses.

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement, one-third of spending or more of every country, is critical to economic development and sustainability. Sustainability needs to be seen as a wider issue, not just green purchasing and the environment, but also supporting women businesses and local economic development.

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Frictionless P2P: A Dream or Reality? 

ivalua

As a result, purchases are linked to the wrong sub-category which jeopardizes the quality of spend analyses while it creates rework in the downstream process. How often does it happen at your organization that a CxO asks his secretary to call his preferred supplier without a purchase order?