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CONTENTS

• Job Analysis for the CPPB and CPPO Examinations
  UPPCC Governance Board

• The Implications of a Muddled Definition of Public  Procurement
  E. Prier and C. P. McCue

• State and Local Procurement Preferences: A Survey
  Y. Qiao, K. V. Thai, and G. Cummings

PRACTITIONERS’ CORNER

• Ethics in Public Procurement: Buying Public Trust
  K. Hunsaker

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Federal Contracting: Guidance on Award Fees Has Led to Better Practices But Is Not Consistently Applied
  U.S. Government Accountability Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Developing and Managing Requests for Proposals in the Public Sector
  J. J. Schiele

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CONTENTS

• Contributions of Public Purchasing Departments to Competitive
  Acquisition Processes for Consulting Services
  J. J. Schiele

• Oral Communication Capabilities of Governmental Purchasers
  in the USA
  R. O. Large, C. Giménez and D. McCarthy

• Public Vs. Private Sector Perspectives on Supply Chain
  Management
  P. D. Larson

• A Decision Analysis Framework for Vendor Selection in
  Construction Projects in Greece
  O. Manoliadis and I. E. Tsolas

• The Relationship between Contract Administration Problems
  and Contract Type
  B. Davison and R. J. Sebastian

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CONTENTS

• Improving Procurement through Regression Analysis: A Case
  Study of Predicting Argentine Jet Fuel Prices
  J. A. Salaverry and E.. D. White III

• Public Procurement and Innovation: Towards a Taxonomy
  L. Hommen and M. Rolfstam

SYMPOSIUM

• Symposium on International Public Procurement, Part II
  J. Telgen and K. V. Thai

• Does e-Procurement Save The State Money?
  M. Singer, G. Konstantinidis, E. Roubik and E. Beffermann

• Bridging the Divide – Commercial Procurement and Supply
  Chain Management: Are There Lessons for Health Care Commissioning in England?
  B. A. Allen, E. Wade and H. Dickinson

• The Purchase of Technology in Health Organisations: An
  Analysis of its Impact on Performance
  A. Ancarani, C. D. Mauro and M. D. Giammanco

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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3, 2008 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Financing Infrastructure: Fixed Price vs. Price Index Contracts
  R. J. Eger III and H. Guo

SYMPOSIUM

• Symposium Introduction
  J. Telgen and K. V. Thai

• Public Procurement Policy: Implications for Theory and Practice
  K. F. Snider and R. G. Rendon

• An Asymmetric Learning in Complex Public-Private Projects
  J. Zheng and N. Caldwell

• A Simple Model of Framework Agreements: Competition and
  Efficiency
  G. Luigi Albano and M. Sparro

• Procurement Planning and Accountability of Local Government
  Procurement Systems in Developing Countries: Evidence from
  Uganda
  B. C. Basheka

• An Economic Approach to Public Procurement
  T. H. Chen

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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2, 2008 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Leasing as a Strategic Financing Option: The Navy’s Maritime
  Prepositioned Ships Experience
  J. G. San Miguel, J. K. Shank and D. E. Summers

• A Brief History and Review of Purchasing Card Use by the U.S.
  Government: 1990-2005
  M. Gupta and R. J. Palmer

• Procurement Process Maturity: Key to Performance
  Measurement
  R. G. Rendon

• Toward a Framework for Managing High-Risk Government
  Outsourcing: Field Research in three Italian Municipalities
  E. Padovani and D. W. Young

• Current Trends of Outsourcing Practice in Government and
  Business: Causes, Case Studies and Logic
  M. M. D. Johnson

PRACTIONERS’ CORNER

• Contracting Officers: Turn Off the Time and Material Default
  Switch
  B. Piper

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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 1, 2008 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Using Agency Theory to Model Cooperative Public Purchasing
  C. McCue and E. Prier

• Size, Competition and Quality in the Italian Market for Consulting Services
  R. Cervigni, O. Cuccu and R. Miniaci

• Choice in Government Software Procurement: A Winning Strategy
  M. Sieverding

• Cookies for the Real World: Assessing the Potential of RFID for Contractor Monitoring
  N. Dew

BOOK REVIEW

• Planning, Scheduling and Requirement Analysis
  K. F. Snider

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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 3, 2007 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Performance-Based Contracting: Are We Following the Mandate?
  N. Buchanan and D. E. Klingner

• Use of E-Procurement in Turkey’s Public Health Sector
  U. Alsac

• Predicting Engineering and Schedule Procurement Cost Growth for Major DoD Programs
  C. J. McDaniel and E. D. White III

• Public Procurement and Contracting in Bangladesh: An Analysis of the Perceptions of Civil Servants
  M. R. Islam

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Highlights of a GAO Forum: Federal Acquisition Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century 
  U. S. Government Accountability Office

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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2, 2007 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Engagement versus Disengagement: How Structural and Commercially-Based Regulatory
  Changes Have Increased Government Risks in Federal Acquisitions
  E. C. Yoder

• Flexible Procurement Approaches That Facilitate Relationship Change and Negotiation:
  The Use of The Invitation to Negotiate
  W. C. Lawther

• Strategic Procurement in UK Local Government: The Role of Elected Members
  J. G. Murray

• Imitating Private Business in Public Procurement: Swedish ‘Affärsmässigt’ 
  K. Åström and J. Bröchner

USEFUL REPRINTS

• District of Columbia: Procurement System Needs Major Reform
  U. S. Government Accountability Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Advancing Public Procurement: Practices, Innovation and Knowledge-Sharing
  W. C. Lawther

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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 1, 2007 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Advancing Public Procurement: Practices, Innovation and Knowledge Sharing, Special Issue, Part II
  G. Piga and K.. V. Thai, Editors

• Public Procurement in Southeast Asia: Challenge and Reform
  D. S. Jones

• Hybrid Organisations in the Provision of Local Public Services
  G. Fornengo and E. Ottoz

• Procurement Issues in Performance-Based Contracts:
  The World Bank Experience with Output-Based Aid Subsidies
  L. Tineo

• Emergency Contracting in the US Federal Government
  D. Drabkin and K. V. Thai

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Hurricane Katrina: Improving Federal Contracting Practices in Disaster Recovery Operations
  U. S. Government Accountability Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Beyond the Bid: An Evaluation of State and Local Government Procurement Practices
  H. A. Frank

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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3, 2006 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

• Advancing Public Procurement: Practices, Innovation and Knowledge Sharing, Special Issue, Part I
  G. Piga and K. V. Thai, Editors

• Special Issue Introduction
  G. Piga and K. V. Thai

• Government Procurement as a Policy Tool in South Africa
  P. Bolton

• Examining Discriminatory Procurement Practices in Developing Countries
  F. Ssennoga

• Interweaving Planning Procedures for Environmental Impact Assessment for High Level Infrastructure
  with Public Procurement Procedures
  M. van Valkenburg and M.C.J. Nagelkerke

• Procurement Leadership: From Means to Ends
  K. F. Snider

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Contract Management: Opportunities to Improve Pricing of GSA
  Multiple Award Schedules Contracts
  U. S. Government Accountability Office

BOOK REVIEW

• The Legal Aspects of Public Purchasing
  F. Bluestein

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• An Analytical Framework for the Management and Reform of Public Procurement 
  P. R. Schapper, J. V. Malta and D. L. Gilbert

SYMPOSIUM

• Symposium on E-Procurement in Public Sector: Part II
  A. Ancarani

• Factors Influencing E- Procurement Usage
  K.Dooley and S. Purchase

• The Implementation of an E-Reverse Auction System in an Italian Health Care Organization 
  L. Raffa and G. Esposito

• Critical Factors That Influence E-Procurement Implementation Success in the Public Sector
  K. Vaidya, A. S. M. Sajeev and G. Callender

PRACTITIONERS’ CORNER

USEFUL REPRINTS

BOOK REVIEW

• How Many Vendors Does It Take to Screw Down a Price? A Primer
  on Competition
  J. M. Keisler and W. A. Buehring

SYMPOSIUM

• Symposium on E-Procurement in Public Sector: Part I
  A. Ancarani

• Symposium Introduction
  A. Ancarani

• The E-Procurement Experience in Italian Universities
  P. Barbieri and A. Zanoni

• Analysis of Public E-Procurement Web Site Accessibility
  G. Bruno, E. Esposito, M. Mastroianni and D. Vellutino

• Key Issues in E-Procurement: Procurement Implementation 
  and Operation in The Public Sector
  S. R. Croom and A. Brandon-Jones

PRACTITIONERS’ CORNER

• Strategic Procurement in the Public Sector: A Mask for
  Financial and Administrative Policy
  D. Matthews

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Competitive Sourcing: Greater Emphasis Needed on Increasing Efficiency And Improving Performance
  U. S. Government Accountability Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Unleashing Change: A Study of Organizational Renewal in Government
  A. J. Sementelli

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• Improving Organizational Effectiveness through Meaningful Involvement of Municipal Purchasing
  Departments – Case Studies from Ontario Canada
  J. J. Schiele

• Measurement Issues in Performance-Based Logistics
  K. Doerr, I. Lewis and D. R. Eaton

• A Regression Approach for Estimating Procurement Cost
  G. W. Moore and E. D. White III

• Competence Requirements for Managing Supply in Interorganizational Networks
  L. Knight, C. Harland, H. Walker and R. Sutton

PRACTITIONERS’ CORNER

• Staff Assistance Visit: Bridging the Gap between Headquarters and the Operational Contracting Officer
  B. Piper

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Best Practices: Using Spend Analysis to Help Agencies Take a More Strategic Approach to Procurement
  U. S. Government Accountability Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Planning, Scheduling and Requirement Analysis
  M. A. Feldheim

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VOLUME 5, NUMBER 1, 2005 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Overcoming Demand Management Problems: The Scope for Improving Reactive 
  and Proactive Supply Management in the UK Health Service
  A. Cox, D. Chicks and and P. Ireland

• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing: Who Is Doing What in the United States?
  J. D. Coggburn and D. Rahm

• E-Procurement Management in State Governments: Diffusion of E-Procurement 
  Practices and Its Determinants
  M. J. Moon

• A Tool for Assessing the Value Contributed by Public Purchasing Departments throughout 
  Various Stages of Competitive Acquisition Processes for Consulting Services
  J. J. Schiele

PRACTITIONERS’ CORNER

• A Note from the Editor: A Challenge to Public Procurement Practitioners
  R. E. Lloyd

• Principles and Practices of Managing a Global Purchase Card Program
  M. A. Colaianni

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Rebuilding Iraq: Fiscal Year 2003 Contract Award Procedures and Management Challenges

BOOK REVIEW

• Introduction to Public Procurement
  W. Lawther

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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3, 2004 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

Symposium on Challenges in Public Procurement: 
An International Perspective
        K. V. Thai, A. Araujo, R. Y. Carter, G. Callender, R. Grimm, K. R. E. Jensen, 
        R. E. Lloyd, C. P. McCue, and J. Telgen

• Symposium Introduction
  K. V. Thai

• The World Bank e-Procurement for the Selection of Consultants:
  Challenges And Lessons Learned
  K. Leipold, J. Klemow, F. Holloway, and K. Vaidya

• Promoting Economy: Electronic Reverse Auctions under the EC 
  Directives on Public Procurement
  O. Soudry

• Assessing the Management Costs of Delivering Services under Alternative
  Institutional Arrangements
  T. L. Brown and M. Potoski

• Ban-on-Negotiations in Tender Procedures: Undermining Best Value For Money?
  Kai Krüger

• Pan-American Health Organization’s Humanitarian Supply Management System:
  De-Politicization of the Humanitarian Supply Chain by Creating Accountability
  R. M. Tomasini and L.N. Van Wassenhove

• The Future of Small Businesses in the U.S. Federal Government Marketplace
  M. Clark, III and C. Moutray

BOOK REVIEW

• Enhancing Procurement Practices: Comprehensive Approach to Acquiring
  Complex Facilities and Projects
  R. E. Lloyd

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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2, 2004 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• The Growth of e-Procurement in American State Governments: A Model and Empirical Evidence
  C. G. Reddick

SYMPOSIUM

• Symposium on Transforming Defense Acquisition: Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innovative Processes
  T. S. Reed and M. A. Greiner

• Symposium Introduction
  T. S. Reed and M. A. Greiner

• Keeping Pace: Organizational Barriers to Commercial Product Use in DOD
  S. J. F. Baron

• Evaluation of Competitive Sourcing Performance Work Statement Metrics
  T. A. Randall, H. S. Brothers and D. T. Holt

• Evolutionary Acquisition: An Analysis of Defense Procurement and Recommendations For Expanded Use
  R. M. Novak, T. T. Sthultz, T. S. Reed, C. C. Wood, J. A. Kirstein, and J. A. Whittle

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Federal Acquisition: Increased Attention to Vehicle Fleets Could Result in Savings
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Government Procurement in the WTO
  R. E. Lloyd

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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1, 2004 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

• Drivers of Compensation of Heads of Procurement Units, Supervisors, and Materials Managers in the Public Sector
  M. G. Alkadry

• Assessing Outsourcing Potential In A State Dot
  Wilmot, D. R. Deis and R. Xu

• A Simulation Approach to In-House Versus Contracted Out Cost Comparisons
  D. R. Deis, H. Schneider, C. G. Wilmot and C. H. Coates, Jr.

• Is Contracting Out in New York City Tinkering or Reinventing Government?
  R. W. Blendermann, R. Ormsby, J. Sharp and E. A. Zimmerman

• Government/Business Relationships: Insights Into Contract Implementation
  S. Wang and M. D. Bunn

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Emergency Procurement Flexibilities: A Framework for Responsive Contracting & Guidelines 
  for Using Simplified Acquisition Procedures
  Office of Federal Procurement Policy

BOOK REVIEW

• World Class Contracting: How Winning Companies Build Successful Partnerships in the e-Business Age
  M. M. (Dickens) Johnson

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VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3, 2003 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Invitation to Negotiate: Determining the Boundaries of Innovative Source Selection
  W. C. Lawther

• Vendor Diversity in Public Sector Purchasing: The Case of the Florida Department of Health
  S. A. Watson, R. G. Brooks, T. Arnold, K. Mason and C. McEachron

• The Proper Use of Offsets in International Procurement
  T. K. Taylor

• The Impact of Public Firms Commercialization on Purchasing Management 
  A. Ancarani

• China’s Legal Framework for Public Procurement 
  R. Rothery

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Federal Procurement: Better Guidance and Monitoring Needed to Assess Purchases of Environmentally Friendly
  Products 
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• A History of Government Contracting
  P. Nguyen

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VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2, 2003 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• Assessing Federal Procurement Reform: Has the Procurement Pendulum Stopped Swinging?
  J. A. Pegnato

• Managing the Italian Healthcare System: The Viewpoint of The Purchasing and Marketing Office
  E. Vagnoni

• A Review of State Procurement and Contracting
  J. R. Bartle and R. L. Korosec

• The Use of Qualifications-Based Selection on Public Procurement: A Survey Research
  Y. Qiao and G. Cummings

• Procuring Expertise: The Case of Local Government Water and Sewer Rate Analyses
  G. A. Gianakis and X.-H. Wang

USEFUL REPRINTS

• VA and Defense Health Care: Potential Exists for Savings Through Joint Purchasing
  of Medical and Surgical Supplies 
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• The Procurement Revolution
  R. Nyhan

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VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, 2003 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• NIGP President’s Letter
  J. A. Clark

• Exploring Differences in the American States’ Procurement Practices 
  J. D. Coggburn

• Controlling Warehouse Performance With Statistical Process Methods 
  P. Lightfoot and R. G. Kauffman

• Performance Measures for Evaluating the Financial Benefits of State Term Commodity Contracts
  S. E. Celec, E. J. Nosari and D. Voich, Jr.

• A Comparison of Purchasing’s Organizational Roles and Responsibilities in the Public and Private Sector 
  P. F. Johnson, M. R. Leenders and C. McCue

• P-Card Utilization in Municipal Government: Advantages and Concerns
  J. L. Daly and M. A. Buehner

• The Florida Sunshine Law and Evaluation Committees 
  K. W. Buffington

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Highway Infrastructure: Preliminary Information on the Timely Completion of Highway Construction Projects
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• You Don’t Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization
  D. R. Shetterly

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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1, 2002 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• NIGP President’s Letter
  S. B. Gordon

• Understanding the Incremental Nature of E-procurement Implementation at the State and Local Levels
  S. A. MacManus

• Procurement Practices in the Singapore Civil Service: Balancing Control and Delegation 
  D. S. Jones

• Performance-Based Contracting for Human Services: Lessons for Public Procurement?
  L. L. Martin

• Contracting for Public Bus Transit: Do Techniques Employed Make a Difference in Service Outcome?
  D. R. Shetterly

• An Analysis of Private Versus Public Sector Responses to the Environmental Challenges of the Supply Chain
  S. New, K. Green & B. Morton

USEFUL REPRINTS

• United Nations: Progress of Procurement Reforms
  U.S. General Accounting Office

• Federal Advertising Contracts Agencies Have Discretion in Setting Work Scope and Requirements
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Handbook for Writing Bids and RFP's
  A. Sapat

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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2, 2002 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• A Strategy for Firms Facing Offset Obligations: A Case of Maryland
  T. K. Taylor

• Choosing the Open or the Restricted Procedure: A Big Deal or a Big Deal?
  G. Heijboer & J. Telgen

• The Economic Context of Government Procurement: New Challenges and New Opportunities
  G. Callender & D. Mathews

• The Market’s Response to Contract Award Announcements: Government Versus Corporate Contracts
  S. J. Larson & A. Picou

• County Use of the RRP Process to Select Joint Venture Developers of Water-View Property: Aa Case Study
  D. H. Herbold

• Procurement Reform in the Ghana Health Sector
  R. Verhage, J. v.d. Gronden, K. Awanyo & S. Boateng

USEFUL REPRINTS

• State Department: Sale of Unneeded Overseas Property Has Increased, but Further Improvements Are Necessary
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Public Procurement 
  X. H. Thai

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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1, 2001 (To download articles you must be a subscriber)

CONTENTS

• NIGP President’s Letter
  W. B. Irish

• Journal of Public Procurement Under the FAU-NIGP Partnership
  R. Y. Carter and R. Grimm

• Public Procurement Reexamined
  K. V. Thai

• The Impact of Contract Compliance Policies in Canada – Perspectives from Ontario
  A. Erridge and R. Fee

• Public Purchasing: Who’s Minding the Store?
  C. P. McCue and G. A. Gianakis

• Best Practices and Protests: Toward Effective Use of Past Performance As a Criterion in Source Selections
  K. F. Snider and M. F. Walkner

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Example of Earned Value Concept and Cost and Schedule Variances for Capital Assets
  U.S. Office of Management and Budget

• District of Columbia: Authority Needs to Improve Its Procurement Practices
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• Government Procurement Management
  E. Wright

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