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Simplifying the Contracting process in a Complicated World

July 5, 2009

In a March 4th, 2009 speech President Barack Obama made a commitment relative to “changing how government contracts are awarded and who can get them.” The President went on to say that “The move will make the process more competitive and will save taxpayers up to $40 billion” per year. Specifically the U.S. President emphasized […]

The JLARC Review: Voices Being Heard? (Part 5)

May 19, 2009

In case some of my readers from the Commonwealth of Virginia thought that I may have forgotten about you these previous two Friday’s, I of course haven’t. Even though my weekly JLARC posts were conspicuously absent from the “pages” of the Procurement Insights Blog, a great deal was still happening. To begin, it seems that […]

Listener Feedback RE CFIB Interview: Personal Preferences Guide Senior Bureaucrats Contract Bundling Inclinations

May 18, 2009

One of the most interesting comments I received regarding my interview with CFIB VP Corinne Pohlmann was sent in by a senior public official whose only caveat for sharing their feedback with the Procurement Insights readership was a promise of confidentiality. While I always prefer a full disclosure relative to sources, working on what at […]

Making local government more workable through shared services

May 14, 2009

In this era of “permanent fiscal crisis,” local governments have no choice but to seek out new and better ways of providing the services citizen’s demand within the constraint of available resources. (1) This may explain why nearly twice as many (58 percent to 31 percent) local governments in 2002 as in 1992 contemplated alternative […]

Prescription for Success: Achieving the Optimal Balance between Procurement Savings and Premium Patient Care (A Procurement Insights Knowledge Leadership Publication)

May 13, 2009

A Health System in Distress “The report comes a day after President Obama embraced a pledge from health-care providers to slow the increase in their costs over the coming decade. The new projections will add to the urgency of controlling those costs.” “Insolvency Is Seen Closer for Social Security and Medicare” New York Times (May […]

Are there 80,000 reasons that Alcock borrowed a page from Gershon?

May 11, 2009

“In what has been described as the most significant restructuring of public services for a generation, the rest of the $21 billion (in savings) will have to come from overall efficiency gains such as improving the procurement system, and streamlining areas such as information technology and human resources. That’s why the skeptics are skeptical.” In […]

Wayne Wouters, Gershon and the PS Union Suit = Shared Services

May 9, 2009

There were a number of other disputes in the public services during the year with several pay disputes across the UK decentralized civil service pay bargaining arrangements. However, the largest industrial action there involved workers in the Department of Works and Pensions protesting at the planned 30,000 job cuts imposed as part of the Gershon […]

PI Window on Business Welcomes CFIB VP, National Affairs Corinne Pohlmann to Discuss Recent Developments in Government Policy (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)

May 8, 2009

As discussed in my April 22nd post “Synchronization Versus Compression Should Guide Government Procurement Process,” I referred to the paucity of either statistical and/or empirical data to support the government’s current course with regard to implementing a Shared Services strategy. Certainly the May 7th press release in which Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) […]

Latest PWGSC Press Release Changes Little

May 8, 2009

Last evening took an interesting turn as I began to receive notifications of the latest press release from the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Christan Paradis regarding the Government Enterprise Network Services: 2009 Industry Consultations Report. The following is a copy of the press release in its entirety followed of course by my […]

The JLARC Review: The Pendulum Swings? (Part 4)

May 2, 2009

“How this industry has changed over the past ten to fifteen years is one of the prime topics discussed today among industry veterans. One function that acts in a radically different way these days is purchasing. Those selling to the PWB industry (for example) in the 1970s through to the late 1990s could often ignore […]