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EV procurement

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Governments task procurement officers to lead the way in EV charging infrastructure

Government buyers are showing a lot of interest in acquiring electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, reports CoProcure, the free search engine for national, state and local cooperative contracts. On CoProcure, there are 13 active cooperative contracts available encompassing more than 70 suppliers that can provide EV infrastructure to government entities across the U.S. Views of EV […]

procurement leaders

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Deming’s 14 points of management for procurement professionals

Public procurement’s focus over the last decade, has been that of “digital transformation” with a keen eye on the new technologies and tools available to public procurement leaders. Although such “transformation” is of keen interest and vital to moving public procurement ahead, there are some fundamental managerial truths about “organizational transformation” that have been around […]

job order contracting

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How to determine if a job order contracting program is right for your organization

Is your organization challenged with procuring high-quality construction projects competitively and efficiently? Job order contracting (JOC) can help. As a rapid procurement delivery method, JOC creates value for owners and contractors. By facilitating competitively awarded, task-order based contracts JOC helps save time and money, organizes procurement and contract management for construction programs, and creates a […]

procurement teams

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Nontraditional hiring practices and cooperative buys can help procurement teams reduce backlogs

Governments will need more procurement talent as infrastructure spending expands. Stephen Goldsmith, former mayor of Indianapolis, says: “Local and state governments increasingly face labor shortage pressures aggravated by retirements and resignations. Few agencies feel this labor shortage more acutely than procurement, which concurrently is also facing the complexity of keeping up with new technologies and […]

community engagement

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How to ensure your community engagement isn’t ableist

Community engagement can be municipal leaders’ most potent tool. It’s an opportunity to learn what your residents need and want, and then to deliver it with their partnership. However, community engagement only works if the wholecommunity is engaged—not just part of it. And unfortunately, community engagement is frequently exclusionary. One group often excluded from community […]

cybersecurity

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New year, new technology: How local governments can proactively combat cybersecurity challenges

How effective is the current cybersecurity technology that exists within state and local governments? Heading into 2022, it is critical that state and local IT leaders ask themselves this question and begin to evaluate and update the current systems in place. While research shows that cyberattacks on government organizations decreased by 10 percent in 2020, […]

Local governments

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Local governments must be proactive to save dying shopping centers

American shopping centers may soon see more foot traffic than they have in years. The reason, however, will likely have nothing to do with a huge holiday sale or the opening of a new anchor store. Rather, many of these retail sites are being completely reimagined as owners and local governments are recognizing that by […]

sustainable

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Local governments rely on ICMA to help make communities more resilient and sustainable

ICMA is a global association of professional city and county managers and other employees who serve local governments. In addition to offering a variety of powerful programs, including an initiative that aims to achieve equity and social justice, to affirm human dignity, and to improve the quality of life for the individual and the community, […]

EV Infrastructure

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Public-private partnership as a tool for EV infrastructure

While market trends and predictions certainly foreshadow a wide-scale, almost exponential use of electric vehicles (EVs) over the next five to seven years, practically speaking, full acceptance of EV is contingent on various factors, foremost being a more comprehensive national network of supercharging stations and enhanced EV battery life. Tesla was prescient on many points […]

procurement

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5 ways job order contracting shortens the construction procurement timeline

According to the United States Census, the value of public construction in 2021 was more than $346 billion. With hundreds of billions of dollars changing hands, the construction industry plays a significant role in a country’s economy and investment in this sector has been linked to economic growth. The first step towards a successful project […]

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