Expert Insights

The efficient way to buy energy, Part 2

• 17th June 2016

Tradition Energy’s Bob Wooten discusses effective energy acquisition through coops in the public sector. He also weighs in on energy-based public-private partnerships. This is the second part of GPN’s interview with the Tradition Energy executive.

The efficient way to buy energy, Part 1

• 6th June 2016

Bob Wooten of Tradition Energy offers pointers on effective energy acquisition through coops in the public sector.

Educational session fills in the blanks on cooperative purchasing

• 19th May 2016

Presentations at a recent U.S. Communities sourcing summit in Cobb County, Ga., showed public buyers how cooperative purchasing can streamline the government purchasing process.

FirstNet for first responders

• 27th April 2016

New public-safety broadband network will give first responders access to 21st-century technologies

Current tools can help determine the appropriate buys

• 4th April 2016

Public purchasing professional Steve Gordon weighs in on the topics of cooperative purchasing and sustainable buys.

Hawkeye State finds success in wide-ranging coop program

• 18th March 2016

Iowa procurement manager Karl Wendt says he is saving money and achieving other benefits by using a cooperative contract with Premier’s Foodservice Program, offered by U.S. Communities.

How to control spending

• 14th March 2016

Jeff LaPorta, Supervisor of Purchasing in the Harford County (Md.) Public Schools, tells how an internal e-commerce site, called Marketplace, has been a real time-saver.

Sustainable product options may increase in co-ops

• 29th February 2016

Cooperative purchasing helps drive green purchasing

• 17th February 2016

Scot Case outlines a variety of ways that green buys fit in the cooperative purchasing framework. Case is a sustainability consultant and green thought leader.