Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

MARCH 9, 2023

Public Works Resource Guide: I have written a Public Works Resource Guide for Washington state's Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC). The online book is being edited now and hopefully will be available by late spring or early summer at mrsc.org. It is a best practices guide to everything about public construction contracting. The main sections of the book are as follows: Foundations Competition Bidding Documents Implementation Compliance Resources Memoir: I have also written a candid a

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 10, 2023

For women in IT, the road to a federal government C-suite position may involve working at multiple agencies, navigating remote assignments and honing an exceptional blend of technical expertise and leadership savvy. In recent years, several women have assumed key roles in federal technology leadership, from Space Force Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Lisa Costa to Raylene Yung, executive director of the $1.2 billion Technology Modernization Fund.

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GovLoop

MARCH 10, 2023

Between constant meetings, never-ending phone calls and paperwork piling up on your desk, it doesn’t take long for workday chaos to start stressing you out. It’s time to find ways to insert self-care into your daily schedule. Enter government workforce expert Mika Cross, with some solutions to try in her latest installment of the “Management Minutes With Mika” video series.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

In a new draft chapter for my monograph , I explore how, within the broader process of public sector digitalisation, and embroiled in the general ‘race for AI’ and ‘race for AI regulation’, public procurement has two roles. In this post, I summarise the main arguments (all sources, included for quoted materials, are available in the draft chapter). This chapter frames the analysis in the rest of the book and will be fundamental in the review of the other drafts, so comments would be most welcome

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Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 9, 2023

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post [Pod] Procurement 6 – March 10th, 2023 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 8, 2023

Ronla Henry-Reeves works with the National Weather Service, but she’s not the person to ask if you’re wondering about the week ahead. Her expertise is the technology behind the scenes: a system the agency’s forecasters call AWIPS. The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System is a national network of high-powered computers that integrates meteorological and hydrological data with satellite and radar imagery.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. Women-led businesses are currently underrepresented in public procurement awards. It is estimated that less than one percent of the $10 trillion spent annually on global public procurement is awarded to women-owned businesses. [1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of publ

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 9, 2023

Procurement has always managed spend and suppliers in the short term with the longer term goals of the organization in. The post Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 10, 2023

Agencies continue to struggle with timely server replacements because they tend to treat them as capital expenditures rather than operating expenses, according to Mark D’Alessandro, senior director of data center sales for Dell Technologies. Agencies already pay for cloud services via monthly plans or subscription fees. If they apply the same operational expenditure or consumption model to hardware purchases, they’ll free up money for other IT modernization projects and “stop the clock” on their

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ivalua

MARCH 5, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 5 Reasons to Attend 2023 Ivalua NOW Paris! March 6, 2023 | | Ivalua NOW by Eloise Barnum 5 Reasons to Attend 2023 Ivalua NOW Paris – Breaking New Ground We are thrilled to invite procurement leaders, innovators, customers, and colleagues to Ivalua NOW Paris. This year, we’re exploring uncharted territory – embodying the spirit of those who take strides in “Breaking New Ground” !

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

All countries in the region have signed the Paris Agreement, which aims to increase countries’ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as stabilize global warming below 2°C and as close to 1.5°C as possible. This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries. First, they need to help drive large-scale and unprecedented changes in the energy, construction, industry, transportation, agriculture, and other sectors.

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GovLoop

MARCH 6, 2023

In order to continue serving constituents effectively, agencies need to embrace change. This includes digital transformation, as it has become an urgent need for agencies to make the critical to modernize. Only then will they be able to offer high-quality services on par with the private sector. To make that transformation a reality, three challenge need to be addressed: 1) not enough IT staff to skillfully make the changes needed, 2) tight budget considerations and 3) a change-resistant cultu

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, it ushered in a new way for the federal government to operate. Many agencies expanded telework to levels that would have been unthinkable in the pre-pandemic era. It’s clear that many federal employees enjoy remote or hybrid work. According to a recent Federal News Network survey, roughly 60 percent of federal employees work in a hybrid setup, 33 percent work entirely remotely, and the remainder work entirely in person.

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 5, 2023

“I still think that change management is generally undercooked as an area within procurement. A lot of procurement is about. The post [Pod] Changing Procurement Hearts & Minds w/ Paras Sood appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Bestek Procurement

MARCH 6, 2023

Hoogleraar aanbestedingsrecht Pieter Kuypers is te gast bij Matanja en spreekt met hem over de FSR. Wat is het doel van de FSR en wat gaan we ervan merken? The post #35 – Europa tegen China: the Foreign Subsidies Regulation first appeared on Bestek Public Procurement Central. Hoogleraar aanbestedingsrecht Pieter Kuypers is te gast bij Matanja en spreekt met hem over de FSR.

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GovLoop

MARCH 6, 2023

Government workforce expert Mika Cross is back with her “Management Minutes with Mika” video series and this time she’s not alone. Cross sat down with Sarah Moffat, Senior Advisor of Cyber Workforce Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to talk about the impact of “quiet quitting” in the workplace. When asked by Cross to define “quiet quitting,” Moffat described it as not quitting your job, but instead, quitting the effort of going above and beyond.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

Data protection and cyber recovery solutions are key components of federal zero-trust security architectures, particularly for civilian agencies with public-facing networks. Multifactor authentication (MFA) helps control network access in a zero-trust architecture, but agencies must remain vigilant against insider threats. President Biden’s May 2021 cybersecurity executive order mandated that agencies develop zero-trust architecture implementation plans.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Let’s Get Digital: Introducing your Source-to-Pay Guide March 9, 2023 | | Source to Pay (S2P) by Vishal Patel In today’s highly competitive business environment, it’s essential for organizations to have a comprehensive Source-to-Pay (S2P ) solution to reduce costs, strengthen supplier relationships, manage risk, and gain better visibility into spend and the overall supply base.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

To prevent another SolarWinds-type cyberattack, federal agencies — including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Security Agency (NSA) — have issued new guidance to help agencies better secure their software supply chains. Two years ago, Russian foreign intelligence compromised nine agencies by breaching SolarWinds’ supply chain and embedding malicious software into the company’s software updates.

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GovLoop

MARCH 6, 2023

Part of excellent customer service is putting people first, which is also a core component of human-centered design (HCD). HCD is a way to problem-solve, examining challenges through the eyes of the users to create digital products and services that are tailored to them and their needs. When organizations want to take on a HCD outlook, one of the first steps is considering what the specific challenge is that users need to have addressed.

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