New Trick of Trade: Managing Demand as Procurement Strategy Cuts Travel Costs (1/8/2009)
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Taking a different approach to travel management, some companies are managing not just the cost, but also the demand for travel. “Demand management” advocates advance strategies to convince employees to rethink how and why they travel, and to consider alternatives if they must.
OMB Reviews Agencies’ Use of Reverse Auctions for Procurement (12/11/2008)
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The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing how the government uses reverse auctions to buy things. Reverse auctions are real-time, online procurement competitions where sellers can submit multiple bids to government buyers and the lowest bidder wins.
Military brass: Acquisition Rules Can’t Keep Up With IT Needs (9/4/2008)
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Cumbersome acquisition rules designed more for building weapons systems and computing platforms are posing a growing obstacle to rapidly evolving information technology networks, members of a panel of generals said at the LandWarNet conference here this week.
Commercial
Boeing Wichita Officials Say Contract Would Add Thousands of Jobs (8/22/2008)
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Winning a multibillion-dollar tanker refueling contract from the Air Force would bring substantially more jobs to the Wichita area than the originial projection of 800 to 1,000, Boeing Co. officials said.
