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Survey completed on the real state of federal procurement

A new survey finds while the Obama administration is putting a stronger emphasis on increasing transparency and accountability across the Federal government, ag...

Federal News Network Staff

June 14, 2010 10:08 am

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Lack of training. Spotty use of the latest tools. Leaving billions and billions of potential savings on the table. It’s a pretty grim picture of federal procurement. But a new survey of buyers and procurement managers themselves in the federal government paints that very picture. The survey was conducted under the auspices of Meritalk, a social networking operation for the federal government. The president of Meritalk, Steve O’Keeffe, has details.