cooperative_purchasing

Who Creates Cooperative Contracts?

Posted on September 25, 2019

In this series, Brian Alexander of CoProcure helps break down the ins and outs of public purchasing. CoProcure is an early-stage venture-backed startup optimizing local public procurement by helping local governments share contracts.  Cooperative purchasing is when two or more governments collaborate on purchasing by sharing contracts. Collaboration can happen up-front, when governments decide to run a...
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Building a Strong Public Engagement Framework

Posted on September 20, 2019

This guest post is from Anthea Shaw, Engagement and Client Account Manager with Bang the Table. Get Involved Kingston, the City of Kingston, Ontario’s engagement hub, saw over 7,000 people register to have their say and over 24,000 visits to their dedicated engagement platform in the first 14 months of going online. The city credits...
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Why is the MPA a Preferred Degree for Local Government?

Posted on September 18, 2019

Today's guest blog is by ELGL member Cara Robinson with the UNC MPA program and UNC School of Government. Local government is often cited as the most trusted level of government in public surveys. Local government public servants often have the most visible, direct impact on the communities they serve. They listen, encourage, implement, and...
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How Does Cooperative Purchasing Work?

Posted on September 17, 2019

In this series, Brian Alexander of CoProcure helps break down the ins and outs of public purchasing. CoProcure is an early-stage venture-backed startup optimizing local public procurement by helping local governments share contracts.  There are nearly 90,000 local government agencies across the U.S. Since governments spend public dollars, the way they spend these dollars is highly...
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