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Transformational Procurement—The Past And Future Of Global And Local Public Purchasing—Views From The Expert Community On What Public Money Did And Will Still Need To Buy, Steven L. Schooner, Gustavo Piga
Transformational Procurement—The Past And Future Of Global And Local Public Purchasing—Views From The Expert Community On What Public Money Did And Will Still Need To Buy, Steven L. Schooner, Gustavo Piga
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This short piece discusses a (rather informal) survey of approximately two dozen public procurement experts (including University professors, consultants, national regulators, multilateral development bank members, and lawyers; all chosen primarily based upon their prior dealings with Professor Piga). The survey looks back (or, in other words, at where we've been) and forward (or, in other words, where we're going.) The results of the survey were originally presented at the Global Revolution XI Conference at the University of Nottingham in June of 2022.
Emerging Policy And Practice Issues (2021), Steven L. Schooner, David Berteau
Emerging Policy And Practice Issues (2021), Steven L. Schooner, David Berteau
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This paper/chapter, presented at the Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (covering 2021), attempts to identify some the leading, evolving trends and issues in U.S. federal procurement. Consistent with prior practice, this chapter offers extensive coverage of the federal procurement (and grant) and defense spending trends and attempts to predict what lies ahead, particularly with regard to legislative and executive activity. This year's paper discusses, among other things, the flurry of activity in the public procurement sphere as the Biden administration accelerates efforts to restore and reshape the government, special emergency procurement authorities deployed during the coronavirus pandemic, …