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Free online resource saves time for public buyers as they search for the right cooperative contract

• 11th April 2022

Public buyers will increase their use of cooperative purchasing agreements down the road, believes Mariel Reed, co-founder and CEO at CoProcure. “The future is more: more cooperative contracts, from more businesses, in more categories. We’re excited to be helping to build this future because we think it’s one that delivers more value for taxpayers.” CoProcure […]

Report: Automation, ’empathetic tech’ the future for public contact centers

• 8th April 2022

Between unprecedented municipal Zoom meetings to administrative business suddenly conducted entirely online, communities asked a lot of local city and county clerks when the pandemic first struck. And these years on, it’s clear government business won’t ever fully revert to its previous normal. A report from Deloitte issued earlier this year highlights what future government […]

IWCE 2022: FirstNet more than 95 percent complete; new tech advances adoption

• 7th April 2022

A decade ago, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) was authorized under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 as an interoperable broadband network designed exclusively around the needs of public safety organizations. It was conceptualized in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks, which laid bare communication shortcomings. […]

Video: Common Objects technology on Boston Dynamics robot at IWCE 2022

• 7th April 2022

How local governments can overcome federal grant roadblocks

• 7th April 2022

As the nation begins to recover from the pandemic and prepares for the possibility of another harmful variant, it’s critical that local governments access all available federal grant funds they’re eligible for to meet community needs. For the past two years, many local governments shifted budgets to combat COVID-19. Federal grants like those outlined in […]

Government organizations applaud bipartisan ARPA flexibility legislation

• 6th April 2022

City and county organizations are lauding the Senate’s approval of a bipartisan initiative that codifies into law the U.S. Treasury’s final rule allowing communities the flexibility to allocate up to $10 million in American Rescue Plan funding toward general government services. The measure, called the Bipartisan COVID Supplemental Appropriations Act, would also allow local governments to […]

Top 10 U.S. allergy capitals

• 6th April 2022

The Pollening. That is what we call it here in Atlanta. The time of year when the city is blanketed in a yellow-green haze. The air is thick with it. Cars are coated with it. Yet, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s (AAFA) 2022 Allergy Capitals ranking, Atlanta is No. 71 out […]

Adaptive reuse and municipal facilities: Strengthening mutual trust

• 6th April 2022

Every community has its share of underutilized buildings—empty warehouses, shuttered schools, abandoned grocery stores and retail strip malls, and aging postal facilities—that have reached the end of their useful lives. Many pose safety concerns, while others often become magnets for crime. With the cost of construction increasing year after year, many municipalities are taking another look […]

Federal hearing highlights Russian cyberthreat, vulnerabilities to U.S. critical infrastructure

• 5th April 2022

Even before Russia’s unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine, addressing an emerging cyberthreat and bolstering the digital defenses of America’s critical infrastructure was a top priority, brought into the national spotlight in recent years following notable incidents like the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.  With all that’s taken place internationally over the last month or so, that […]

Replacing cumbersome purchasing processes with digital tools can aid in rating and evaluating cooperative contracts

• 5th April 2022

Cooperative purchasing continues to demonstrate its value to public procurement departments. Indeed, procurement teams are relying more on cooperative agreements. In fact, cooperative purchasing buys will continue to expand at a faster rate than the overall state and local marketplace, predicts Paul Irby, principal research analyst, GovWin IQ for state, local and education (SLED). GovWin […]