Whitepapers and Research Reports

• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - Implications for State Procurement Officials (July 2011)
• Comparative Review of State IT Procurement Practices(September 2010)
• Strength in Numbers: An Introduction to Cooperative Procurements (2010 update of original 2006 piece)
• Administrative Fees:  Creative Funding for Central Procurement in Difficult Economic Times (September 2009)
• Emergency Preparedness for State Procurement Officials (August 2008)
• Responding to an Aging and Changing Workforce:  Attracting, Retaining, and Developing New Procurement Professionals (March 2008)
• Benchmarking Cost Savings & Cost Avoidance (September 2007)
• An In-Depth Look at GSA Cooperative Purchasing:  The Benefits and Issues Surrounding State Usage of Schedule Contracts (September 2007)
• Strength in Numbers:  An Introduction to Cooperative Procurements (February 2006)
• Offshoring and Procurement:  Positioning for the Future (December 2005)
• Procurement Lobbying within State Government:  An Emerging Trend (December 2005)
• The Measure of Our Success:  The Challenge and Opportunity of State Procurement Performance Measures (August 2005)
• Getting What You Need on the Way to the Win-Win!  Leveraging the RFP in State Technology Procurements (May 2005)
• Negotiating IP on the Way to the Win-Win:  NASCIO's Intellectual Property Recommendations (March 2005)
• State Procurement:  Strategic Positioning for the 21st Century (January 1999)
• Buying Smart:  Blueprint for Action (September 1998)
• The Deregulation of Electricity

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Issue Briefs

• Issue Brief: E-Verify (October 2011)
• Issue Brief: Value of Procurement (September 2011)
• Issue Brief: Importance of Competition (September 2011)
• Issue Brief: State Procurement Fees (November 2010)
• Issue Brief: Set-Aside Programs (November 2010)
• Issue Brief: Local Preference Laws (November 2010)
• Issue Brief: LEED Certification (November 2010)
• Issue Brief: Higher Education Procurement (November 2010)
• Issue Brief: Environmental Preferences (November 2010)
• Issue Brief: 3% TIPRA Withholding Mandate (November 2010)
• Issue Brief: The U.S.-Canadian Procurement Agreement (March 2010)
• Issue Brief:  3% Withholding Mandate (March 2010)
• Issue Brief:  The High Road Contracting Policy (February 2010)
• Issue Brief:  Rothe Development Corporation v. Department of Defense (January 2009)
• Issue Brief:  H.R. 3056:  3% Witholding Provision for Contract Payments (January 2008)
• Issue Brief:  DHS Releases REAL ID Grant Guidelines (December 2007)

 

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