Lawsuit alleges Missouri agency gave IT vendor preferential treatment
Missouri state employee Rodney Rice claims he was demoted after raising concerns that World Wide Technology was receiving special treatment.
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Procurement
One really simple way to improve state RFPs
Recent research by the nonprofit U.S. Digital Response and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers examined what vendors don’t like about states’ request for proposal…
Oklahoma’s new AI watches procurement for filing errors
The Office of Management Enterprise Services is using a new AI-powered tool that officials said are reducing errors in the state's procurement processes.
Summary sheets on government RFPs go a long way, researchers find
New research from NASCIO and the U.S. Digital Response found that the simple step of including a summary sheet with request for proposal documents makes life much…
Peeling away ‘unnecessary bureaucracy’ helped streamline IT procurement in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania officials announced numerous changes to how the state is buying new technologies, including shrinking time-consuming questionnaires agencies must submit.
Generative AI is speeding procurement, but not without risks
Generative AI is already accelerating some of state and local government's most tedious procurement processes, but not without new risks.
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City’s new map shows winning participatory budget projects
Cambridge, Massachusetts, published a map that shows 72 projects that have won funding through city's participatory budgeting initiative.
Empowering state and local leaders: A modern approach to public sector procurement
Amazon Business’s Tania San Miguel-Bounds shares how public sector leaders can streamline procurement for a more efficient government.
Georgia agency circumvented state law for pandemic cash assistance program
A recent audit found that the Georgia Department of Human Services failed to follow state law when it launched a digital cash assistance program in 2022.
New data tool offers deep dive into New York state contract data
A new data dashboard published by the state comptroller allows users to see who is doing business with the New York state government.