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Avoiding IT procurement risks
Although there are numerous headaches associated with IT procurement, one challenge – risk management – can be particularly difficult to tackle.
According to a survey conducted by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) in 2012, 46 percent of state CIOs expressed “some dissatisfaction” with their state’s current procurement system. The main reason given is that, often, a state’s standard procurement methods do not address the complexities and subtleties of IT systems.
Although there are numerous headaches associated with IT procurement, one challenge – risk management – can be particularly difficult to tackle. According to a survey conducted by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) in 2012, 46 percent of state CIOs expressed “some dissatisfaction” with their state’s current procurement system. The main reason given is that, often, a state’s standard procurement methods do not address the complexities and subtleties of IT systems. Risk...
