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Digital Government
Idaho's rules get in step with its technology
In some states, technology has wrought permanent changes in the legislation that governs interactions with vendors
Acquisition
Desktop standardization adds up to savings
Government buyers are taking an optimistic look at onesizefitsall software buys
Acquisition
Power in numbers
Contracting alliance brings discounts to big states and small municipal buyers
People
The infancy of e-taxes
There's no doubt online tax returns are taking off, but where are they headed?
Acquisition
Massachusetts shines IT spotlight on capital assets management
Information technology can have an impact on the management and planning stages of procurement
Acquisition
A setup for savings
Michigan designs a program to gauge whether e-procurement can save money
Acquisition
Purchasing in Internet time
Of all the influences transforming the information technology buying process for state and local government officials, a key yet frequently overlooked factor is the sharply increased speed at which most IT service vendors are now accustomed to doing business.
People
Cold feet on e-commerce
State and local IT shops have come a long way with electronic commerce.
Digital Government
Shopping network boosts local government clout
It's conventional wisdom that technology that is complicated and expensive for large government organizations is almost always prohibitively so for small and midsize state and local IT shops
Acquisition
Pennsylvania seeking a bigger bang for its IT buck
With publicsector information technology purchasing, having a multitude of good ideas is often more of a problem than having a lack of them.
Acquisition
Service agreements smooth San Diego outsourcing effort
If there's one lesson that stands out in San Diego County's $644 million, seven-year outsourcing agreement with the Pennant Alliance, the consortium of IT vendors led by Computer Sciences Corp., it may well be a twist on the old adage,
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Chicago targets minority-owned businesses with Web site
Merging the aims of public policy with the mechanisms of information technology, Chicago's Department of Purchases, Contracts and Supplies has embraced the Internet for the city's Minority- and Woman-owned Business Procurement Program.
Digital Government
ANSWER roles
Designing the ANSWER program required the expertise of state agencies and outside vendors.
Acquisition
Conn. simplifies tech buying
Whether they're dealing with the most tech-savvy buyers or an uninitiated first-time vendor seeking to learn how the IT procurement process works, the recurring theme of new programs launched by Connecticut's Department of Information Technology (DOIT) is to make IT buying easier.
People
Treasury system ushers Maine online
With all that's typically at stake in the design and implementation of a new e-commerce infrastructure, there's a natural temptation to build small, limiting risks by doing piecemeal projects on a per-agency or per-function basis.
Digital Government
Consensus Key to Oregon E-Commerce Pilots
When the Oregon Center for Electronic Commerce and Government set out to design its first 'proof of concept' e-commerce pilot projects last year, few of the state's agencies were eager to participate.
Acquisition
Evening the Odds
The combination of increasingly complex technologies and increases in IT spending poses a dilemma for state and local buyers as they try to maintain the right mix of technical expertise and business management skills throughout the IT procurement process.
Acquisition
Kentucky Derby
The rapidly evolving world of information technology has wrought changes in virtually every area of state and local government, but its most immediate impact may be on the procurement process.
People
Utah Bridges Budget, IT Planning
As technology evolves and people's expectations change, state and local government information technology managers are faced with a widening gap between their budgets and the systems, equipment and services they want to buy.
Digital Government