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Fighting crime across borders

• 24th April 2014

Criminals don’t respect jurisdictional borders, and police officers serving five counties around the Portland, Ore., area must therefore share crime information across borders, too. Updating a 30-year-old system, the new Regional Justice Information Network (RegJIN) will provide police data to track activities across multiple jurisdictions to help fight crime.

Deciding when to outsource energy services

• 24th April 2014

Outsourcing” traces its modern roots to the global expansion of business in the 1970s and 80s. During this time frame, the mindset was that, in order to compete, organizations must focus on their core business, and then identify other critical services that could be accomplished by contracting outside the organization. An organization typically would “outsource” […]

Retaining top talent key to procurement organizational success

• 24th April 2014

Today’s professionals want to be a part of a progressive organization, one that is knowledgeable of best practices and has a focus on continuous improvement.

What if? What if? Why?

• 24th April 2014

What if unnecessary public procurements no longer happened?

Reaction to Darrin Matthews: Muy Bien!

• 24th April 2014

¿Cómo estás?

• 4th March 2014

Darin Matthews, professor of public procurement at Portland State University, speaks on diversity in the procurement marketplace.

Green purchasing around the globe

• 4th March 2014

Scot Case, market development director for UL Environment and board member of the International Green
Purchasing Network, highlights green purchasing trends from around the world.

The “issue” of buzzwords

• 4th March 2014

Contributor Fred Marks argues against the use of “buzzwords,” and drives home the importance of communications skills for procurement professionals.

Managing the flow of dollars into the classroom

• 3rd March 2014

Mississippi’s p-card program simplifies spending of Educational Enhancement Funds

ProcureSource launches free online directory of coop contracts

• 3rd March 2014

ProcureSource has launched a first-of-its-kind online directory of cooperative purchasing contracts for use by state and local governments, school districts, higher education and nonprofits.