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The Public Procurement Journey: Tools for Modern Challenges

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While this bill is transformative for states, cities, counties, utilities, and education, there are massive hurdles that must be addressed before any initiatives are implemented. In 2020, LADWP, the largest municipal water and power utility in the United States, was facing a crisis. A Path Forward.

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

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Data to better understand costs, utilization and, if possible, connect this to patient outcomes (easier said than done). . Quite often there can be a general lack of spend and vendor management and strategic sourcing activities. Often this variation is valid and leads to better quality of care but often it is not.

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Friday Flash 06/07/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Our government guests for the meeting are: Clarence Harrison Jr, Senior Advisor, IT Vendor Management Office, ITC, FAS Warren Blankenship, Deputy IT Government-wide Category Manager, Government-wide IT Category Management, ITC, FAS Angela Washington, Office of Business Centers, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), U.S.

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Friday Flash 01/31/2025

The Coalition for Government Procurement

During the hearing, the Committee heard testimony on the need to utilize non-traditional defense contractors, reduce the complexity of Federal regulations, and move away from five-year plans towards dynamic acquisition. Dont miss this opportunity to hear how GSA is transforming the way in which you manage your GSA Schedule contract!

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Friday Flash 03/28/2025

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Better technology tools for the contracting workforce: Improving the procurement technology infrastructure in order to create faster vendor onboarding, reduce paper based workflows, improve vendor management and improve data-driven decisions. The first tool aims to support staff in daily work and features a chatbot function.

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Friday Flash 01/24/2025

The Coalition for Government Procurement

GSA Finalizes Agreement to Enhance Federal IT Acquisition GSA announced that on January 15, Microsoft and the IT Vendor Management Office (ITVMO) finalized an agreement under the Governmentwide Microsoft Acquisition Strategy (GMAS).