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Request For Clarification Of NIGP Chief Exec’s Expenses, Solicits A Slower Response Than Expected by Jon Hansen
May 2, 2015
“In recent years, actual and perceived abuses in the area of executive expenses and “perks” have been among the leading causes of stricter federal tax laws governing nonprofit organizations and greater scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service of the practices of nonprofit organizations in the United States. Many organizations struggle with this area of compliance.” […]
A Study In Absolute Power At The NIGP? by Jon Hansen
April 30, 2015
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” – John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton One of the greatest challenges with covering the #CodeGate story, is navigating through the seeming complexity of a tangled web of cross purposes and conflicting interests, in an effort to get at a simple truth . […]
Perfect Commerce Weighs In On The Deep Throat Connection Post by Jon Hansen
April 29, 2015
Thank you, Jason. I will share this with our readers. Please keep in mind that I was not the one to reveal Mr. Blaine’s identity, but said revelation came as a result of his being named by Rick Grimm as one of the respondents to the very RFI he had provided comment on in the […]
Is Respected George Washington University Director of Government Procurement Law The Fall Guy In The NIGP Consulting RFI Controversy? by Jon Hansen
April 28, 2015
“I have been active in NIGP for many years. I have seen it go from an almost ‘mom and pop’ operation to a well-respected international organization. As organizations grow there are growing pains. Pressures are placed upon the organization to provide more and more services. Rick Grim has taken on that challenge and has worked […]
The Deep Throat 2015 – Perfect Commerce Connection by Jon Hansen
April 27, 2015
Since the #CodeGate story broke, I have been kept somewhat busy with the inflow of information regarding the internal goings on at the NIGP. It feels like I have taken more than 100 pages of notes and reviewed even more in terms of documents online and otherwise provided. What has enabled me to write the posts […]
Anatomy Of An RFI: Examining The Official NIGP Consulting RFI Document by Jon Hansen
April 26, 2015
. . . an RFI is often used as a solicitation sent to a broad base of potential suppliers for the purpose of conditioning suppliers’ minds, developing strategy, building a database, and preparing for an RFP, RFT, or RFQ. – Wikipedia Okay fellow procurement professionals . . . am I missing something here, or is […]
NIGP Consulting RFI: A Case Of Too Close For Comfort? by Jon Hansen
April 25, 2015
As reported in my last post Was The NIGP Competitive RFI For Their Consulting Arm Really Competitive?, I discovered that one of the six respondents to the NIGP’s “competitive” RFI had a serious case of uneasiness (RFP Solutions), while another (IRIS ) has apparently disappeared off the face of the earth. While I continue my search for […]
Was The NIGP Competitive RFI For Their Consulting Arm Really Competitive? by Jon Hansen
April 24, 2015
The task force created a competitive Request for Information process that was distributed to interested providers on August 29, 2012. An open, competitive process was utilized. • The task force received six (6) proposals to the competitive RFI issued by NIGP: 1. BravoSolution submitted by Tom Pellescki 2. Florida Atlantic University’s Public Procurement Research Center […]
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In A Quest For Context, NIGP and ISM Comparison Raise Very Interesting Questions by Jon Hansen
May 4, 2015
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There is a saying that the numbers don’t lie, so lets go right to the numbers and then analyze what they really mean. In the year ending 2012, here are the numbers for both the NIGP and ISM* per their respective 990 submissions. By the way I referenced these returns, as they were the most recent in […]