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Talent Management Succession Planning: Don’t Just Plan for Your Future
As a greater proportion of the workforce reaches retirement age each year, the importance of succession planning has never been more apparent. Talent management and succession planning ranked #6 on NASPO’s Top Ten priorities for 2020 . Never fear! Pulse is here to help with some tips and tricks for a successful planning process. Read more “Succession Planning: Don’t Just Plan for Your Future”
Value Chain Back to the Value
Thirty-Five years ago, when the Value Chain Model was first introduced, procurement was viewed narrowly as cut and dry cost savings. But as suppliers become more citizen-centric, central procurement officers (CPOs) need to become more value-aware of procurement’s unique position. Public procurement should no longer be viewed narrowly for cut and dry cost savings, but for the additional value the procurement process can add as a strategic partner. 
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Green Purchasing Green Means GO!
NASPO is pleased to announce that we will be accepting applications for the 2020 Green Purchasing Technical Assistance Funds (GPTAF) beginning Monday, February 3, 2020, via the NASPO Network. Read more “Green Means GO!”
Green Purchasing Not Another Green Blog
Everything you buy has a story. That story has a profound impact on our planet and community. Imagine, if you will for a moment, the butterfly effect. A pop-culture reference suggesting that a butterfly can flap its wings in Rio de Janeiro, causing a tornado in Kansas. Now apply this effect to a plastic water bottle. The bottle, seemingly harmless, acts as a vehicle for your water. Once its purpose is served, you throw the bottle in the garbage (or recycling bin) without much of a thought. But did you know before you even bought that bottle of cold, refreshing H20, it affected your surroundings? “The production of plastic water bottles requires up to 17 million barrels of oil each year. This amount of oil has the ability to maintain up to one million cars fueled for an entire year.” [i] Now, I’m not here to prevent you from buying bottled water or tell you to stop throwing away plastic bottles (although you should recycle them). I want to emphasize the importance that everything you buy has an incredible impact on our environment. More so, the purchasing power that states possess has a great impact on not only the environment, but economy and community as well.
Bid Protest To Protest a Bid, or not to Protest?
While not a Shakespearean existential inquiry, a vendor who did not win a competitive bid for a public contract may be faced with a critical question: “Should I file a bid protest to challenge this award decision, or not?”
Bidders who have standing want to exercise their right to protest to correct alleged improprieties. Sometimes vendors file what some would call “frivolous,” or “sore loser” protests, after the fact, when some of the questions could have been addressed before a decision was made to award the contract. Read more “To Protest a Bid, or not to Protest?”
Top 10 Priorities in State Procurement NASPO Rings in the New Year with the Top…
What is your procurement office going to focus on in 2020?
Rather than trying to predict by looking into the magic crystal ball to see what’s trending in state procurement, we asked the experts. For the past six years, we have relied on the knowledge and perspective of NASPO leaders to aid in identifying the top 10 most important issues to tackle in the new year.
Based on CPOs’ ranking, the 2020 Top 10 Priorities for State Procurement reflect nationwide priorities. Read more to learn what’s trending in 2020! Read more “NASPO Rings in the New Year with the Top 10 Priorities for State Procurement!”
Talent Management Eliminate these four Productivity Killers in 2020!
At NASPO, we know our members are usually involved in multiple projects at one time. Not only is each project timely, and essential, but chances are it’s complex by nature too. Do you want 2020 to be your most productive year yet? Let us help. Thanks to our friends at TopThink and Forbes, we want to highlight four common habits to avoid to help make you as productive as possible.
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News Pulse Will See You in 2020!
“….You better not pout; you better not cry, I’m telling you why……”
Pulse will return for the new year! Read more “Pulse Will See You in 2020!”
NASPO Strategic Partnerships NASPO Welcomes New Academic Partner
The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) and George Washington Law (GW Law) have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster and promote public procurement education together. Dr. Karen Thornton, the Director of the GW Government Program Law Program, and Dianne Lancaster, NASPO Chief Learning Officer, are the representatives for each organization. Read more “NASPO Welcomes New Academic Partner”