Minnesota’s Office of Enterprise Sustainability works to reduce energy and asset waste among the state’s government agencies. Established in 2017 and reaffirmed recently by Gov. Tim Walz, the office ...

These state rankings are the result of a year-long survey and assessment by the Governing Institute. Over the coming months, the institute will compile more detailed state-by-state reports, which will ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s acquisition operation faces several challenges, including the need for better requirement development and consistency in its communications. “I can say with confidence ...

Across the United States, state and local governments spend over $4.5 trillion each year. But against a backdrop of new federal priorities and global economic uncertainty, budgets are stretched ...

Today, every industry is seeing the impact of digitization. M&A and consolidation are increasing, innovative disruptors are raising more venture capital than ever before and each internal function in ...

When a multi-billion dollar transportation and airline company sought to get its arms around its unwieldy procurement operation, it turned to a tried-and-true tool to do it: the balanced scorecard. It ...

The White House’s nerve center for procurement, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, is marking 50 years since its creation. Established by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974, ...

The Office of the Procurement Ombud, responsible for reviewing federal contracting issues and investigating complaints, says a lack of funding has hampered its ability to deliver its mandate. Since ...