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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 […]
Synchronization Versus Compression Should Guide Government Procurement Policy (200th POST)
April 22, 2009
Government is never boring. On one hand you have the Government of Canada who despite earlier hopes has once again reverted to muscling a shared services platform down the unwilling throats of stakeholders, the majority of whom oppose the current direction. A move which is ironically being introduced at the expense of the very business […]
Procurement Insights 
Why does the press always confuse malfeasance with incompetence?
October 13, 2010
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There are many reasons why I love talking with my friends from the world of traditional media who call me on occasion to provide feedback regarding the ongoing machinations associated with public sector procurement policy and practice within the Canadian Government (GoC). To start, they are invariably well informed, eager to dig up the facts […]