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You can’t legislate skill sets!
November 3, 2010
As is the case with any writer, it is never my intent to seek agreement or consensus but to stimulate intelligent and therefore meaningful discussion. Based on the response to yesterday’s post “Is Google’s recent suit against DOI based more on an entitlement mindset or a misguided understanding of transparency?,” this objective was achieved and then […]
While We Were Sleeping: A Story of Misdirected Efforts in the World of Public Sector Procurement Policy
February 29, 2008
It has been one of the more interesting weeks in the world of Government of Canada procurement policy-making. Despite the numerous “outward facing” storylines that can be pursued in terms of GoC activity, the real action (or lack thereof) is actually within the supplier community itself. I am of course referring to the ongoing inability […]
Reader Response to SME’s Once Again Voice Concerns Over GoC Shared Services Strategy
February 27, 2008
Reader Comment Let me suggest a couple of perspectives on this that are worth exploring further. While I believe that on the integrated hardware, software and telecomms aspects there can be little doubt that SMEs will be squeezed out unless they can deliver product under a major supplier’s umbrella. However, on the people side, PWGSC […]
Procurement Insights 
Disconnected policies in public sector spend: Ombudsman Minto’s policy review revisited (Part 2 of 2) by Jon Hansen
August 5, 2013
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In Part 1 of today’s post, I talked about the consensus that public sector procurement is a critical tool in driving socioeconomic benefit. Referencing a number of articles by industry experts, it is clear that there is a universal acknowledgement that we have to do more in terms of leveraging public coffers in critical areas […]