As new technologies like artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, and unmanned aerial vehicles disrupt every industry more quickly than ever before, forward-thinking government leaders know that it’s important for them to stay ahead of the curve, too. But with limited resources, how can government leaders identify which technologies are most relevant to their mission? How can you examine this market to quickly identify the sup...

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are utilized in a variety of ways within the public sector. Across the military, they are used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) as well as combat operations. They also have various civil and commercial use cases such as for wildlife research & preservation and surveying & mapping. Across homeland security, UAS are deployed for search & rescue, law enforcement, and fire fighting...

To foster open, efficient and innovation-driven public sector markets, it is critical to first understand and remove barriers to entry in the market so governments can gain access to the required and most innovative capabilities of both incumbent and new suppliers.However, the reality today is that many barriers still challenge companies seeking to do business with governments around the world, ranging from overly complex, lengthy and costly p...

To foster open, efficient and innovation-driven public sector markets, it is critical to first understand and remove barriers to entry in the market so governments can gain access to the required and most innovative capabilities of both incumbent and new suppliers. However, the reality today is that many barriers still challenge companies seeking to do business with governments around the world, ranging from overly complex, lengthy and costly...

Government procurement requires a good deal of knowledge. From government specific requirements to understanding the purchasing process, there are a lot of areas to cover. To say that understanding all the ins-and-outs of government procurement is difficult would be an understatement. Luckily, it doesn’t have to be! Join Public Spend Forum for a webinar that will provide an overview of public sector procurement and break down some of tho...

Understanding how interagency acquisition works can help your agency leverage the full buying power of the federal government to meet your contracting goals. There are three primary types of interagency acquisition that have spawned over the last 30 years, and in this webinar, we’ll review each while attempting to provide an explanation of interagency acquisitions overall. Join us for a discussion of Interagency Agreements and discover:...

Join Public Spend Forum and NIGP for a webinar discussing the need for a competency framework and how it can be used. We’ll provide an introduction to the Public Procurement Workforce Competency Model framework and how it is being applied in learning and development by NIGP.

Governments around the world purchase approximately $10 trillion in goods and services to accomplish their missions, serve their citizens, and achieve public policy goals. But how do government leaders and managers, policy makers, and citizens know the money is being spent effectively and efficiently? Based on Public Spend Forum’s 2-year study on the Metrics of Public Procurement, we found no consistent measurement framework exists to gu...

Join us for the first in a series of short webinars covering how to find professional services suppliers using GovShop. In this 30-minute presentation, we will cover an introduction to the searches you can perform on GovShop’s 80,000 professional services suppliers.

State and local governments use cooperative procurement agreements to speed up procurement, leverage buying power of government as a whole, and to find the best suppliers. However, researching and finding the right coops can be challenging time-consuming. Until now. GovShop has created an easy to search library of cooperative agreements and related suppliers so government professionals can efficiently discover the agreements and suppliers for...