Information Technology (IT) resources require an on-going investment of professional time, effort, and financial resources to perform acceptably over the lifecycle of the product. IT Asset Management ...

Steve Kelman talks to the agencies that have embraced tech demos in their acquisition efforts -- and urges others in government to give it a try. Software Development The Lectern At the beginning of ...

State officials should focus on collaboration and teamwork if they hope to create IT procurement processes capable of bringing innovation to their agencies, according to a new joint report. The report ...

Ask almost any chief procurement officer (CPO), and, more than likely, they’ll shruggingly admit that procurement—that business-critical function of sourcing and paying for goods and services—is far ...

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs advanced the AGILE Act of 2022 in an effort to help improve the federal government’s IT procurement process. The Advancing Government ...

As the CIO role becomes more about vendor management rather than ‘building things’, it is relevant to consider what things make for an effective IT procurement process. To be honest, there are lessons ...

Enterprise CIOs and IT managers who want to revamp their procurement processes to align with the principles of the circular economy need to start by asking themselves whether it is possible for their ...

Flexibility. If there’s one thing that everybody involved in government procurement — chief information officers, procurement officials, vendors and civic tech folk — appear to agree on, it’s that the ...

Stock.adobe.com/Visual Generation. Sales can be a time-consuming and complicated process, with deals often requiring weeks, if not months, to close for even the most ...

Lowe’s knows a thing or two about buying and selling, so it means something that the Mooresville, N.C., home improvement retailer established a procurement department to help its various divisions ...