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What is Strategic Procurement, and How Can Cooperative Purchasing Help?

American City & Country

Strategic procurement is more than just buying goods and services—it’s about creating value, optimizing resources, and aligning purchasing decisions with organizational goals. In this blog, we’ll explore key best practices and show how leveraging group/cooperative purchasing can help you master the art of strategic sourcing.

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Congresswoman blasts GSA for purchasing Chinese tech

Federal News Network

The program, which has been around since 1961, just updated its strategic plan. The 85 percent: FEBs’ future is open-ended, but not uncertain - Federal News Network) The General Services Administration is facing new scrutiny about its purchase of prohibited telecommunications technology from China. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Calling for a “new global partnership for sustainable development,” it was referred to as the Earth Summit, and resulted in a comprehensive plan of action called Agenda 21. This report encouraged governments big and small to improve the “environment content” of their purchasing policies. Premixed jugs of cleaner contain a lot of water.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Leverage strategic planning and adaptive governance to manage uncertainty in procurement spending.

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Scale Up Your Agency’s Success

GovLoop

Strategic planning: Agencies can struggle to keep IT current, especially with recent supply chain issues. A vendor-supported consumption model empowers your IT leaders to have strategic planning conversations, to ensure they are not caught short as new needs arise.

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The Postal Service is leaning into AI for better shipping experiences

FedScoop

Mehra’s knowing confidence just weeks ahead of the holiday shipping season is seemingly buoyed by two factors: the agency’s apparent progress in Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year strategic plan , and more pointedly, its embrace of artificial intelligence. “We’ve

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Top 10 Foundational Steps To Building A Strong Procurement Strategy

The Procurement School

Look for trends, where the organization is buying similar commodities through independent solicitations or direct awards and entering discrete contracts and purchase orders for each. Identify Needs Business intelligence is based on historical purchases and therefore may not capture all existing and emerging needs.