Contract Management articles from April 2001

Contract Management archives from April 2001

A New Breed of Members.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A new type of employee is emerging in the employment market today. Today's workplace is being redefined away from traditional work processes and concepts of job needs and satisfaction, loyalty, and career advancement. Though the tendency may...

Business Ethics: It's Greek to Me!
April 1, 2001... Your colleagues are being laid off right and left, your profits have turned to deficits, and your company's chance for solvency comes down to a sales call that you make on a client. Your boss develops a cunning and manipulative plan to sell...

READER RESPONSE CORNER.
April 1, 2001... Tiger-Proofing The article, "Do You Have a Tiger Attitude?" published in the February 2001 issue, was great! The article really makes you want to toughen up your attitude, drive, determination, and stamina. I like the term...

Building a Better Supply Chain.
April 1, 2001... Sharing information among all components of the supply chain can help engineering and construction firms maximize competition among suppliers, reduce expenses, and save time. The supply chain in the engineering and construction (E/C)...

International Offsets: Tools for Business Development.
April 1, 2001... During the past 30 years, a highly specialized niche form of reciprocal trade has developed known as "international offsets." The term offset comes from using technology transfers, job creation, exports, and other collateral to "offset" a...

Greening the Government.
April 1, 2001... By adopting environmentally-friendly purchasing initiatives, contracting officers can help create jobs for people with disabilities. The recent energy crisis in California has been both a humbling and sobering experience for all...

Paper-Free Contracting at CECOM.(U.S. Army Communications-Electronic Command)
April 1, 2001... The Secretary of Defense has established a goal throughout the Department of Defense (DOD) to move to a paper-free contracting environment. If successful, this will allow DOD to simplify and modernize the acquisition process, help reduce...

The Virtual Procurement Office.
April 1, 2001... The growth of the Internet in the last five years has been nothing short of phenomenal. It has been compared in importance to the Industrial Revolution, and a revolution it certainly is. The amount of information available on even the most...

Making the Change to Performance-Based Service Contracting.
April 1, 2001... For the federal procurement community, performance-based service contracting (PBSC) is no longer a choice, but a requirement. Federal laws and various agency directives mandate that contracting in the federal sector conform to a new standard...

FINAL EDITION.
April 1, 2001... APRIL 2001 Legislation Bill Regarding Paperwork Elimination for Small Businesses is Introduced in the House Representative Dan Burton has introduced a bill entitled "Small Business Paperwork Relief Act" in the House of...

Supplier Selection & Oversight.
April 1, 2001... Every procurement involves important steps that if followed, will provide top-notch suppliers that offer protection to the interests of the buying organization. These include 1) establishing the viability of the supplier, 2) ensuring the...

GLOBAL SOURCING.
April 1, 2001... Increasing global competition has compelled many firms to seek out world class suppliers wherever they might be located. Correspondingly, among large U.S. manufacturers, an estimated 72 percent now procure goods from sources outside the...

Subcontract Flowdown Provisions.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Effective March 12, 2001 the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provides that prime contractors for the provision of commercial items and services under FAR Part 12 must flow down an additional clause to their subcontractors, if further...

Service Contract Act Exemptions.
April 1, 2001... Effective March 19, 2001, the Department of Labor has exempted the following types of contracts from coverage of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act: * with some limitations, prime contracts or subcontracts principally for the...

Self-Service Online Auction Software.
April 1, 2001... eBreviate recently released a new version of its auction software that features self-service functionality. Auction 4.0 enables corporate buyers to build, launch, and manage their own custom online procurement negotiations directly from their...

New Venture Capital Program.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... ABOUT THE AUTHOR DONNA S. IRETON is director, Acquisition Management Consulting and Training Group, Advanced Systems Development, Inc., Saratoga, California. She was the 1998-1999 national president; she is an NCMA Fellow and a member of...

Widespread Use of e-Signatures May Take Years, Analysts Predict.
April 1, 2001... External customer use of electronic signatures will begin no earlier than 2002, and widespread customer use of digital signatures in financial transactions appears to be several years away, says Meridien Research, a financial technology...

SBA Exchange.
April 1, 2001... ABOUT THE AUTHOR DONNA S. IRETON is director, Acquisition Management Consulting and Training Group, Advanced Systems Development, Inc., Saratoga, California. She was the 1998-1999 national president; she is an NCMA Fellow and a member of...

Performance-Based Service Contracting.
April 1, 2001... ABOUT THE AUTHOR DONNA S. IRETON is director, Acquisition Management Consulting and Training Group, Advanced Systems Development, Inc., Saratoga, California. She was the 1998-1999 national president; she is an NCMA Fellow and a member of...

Mining the GPRA.(Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 with regard to landmine contracts)
April 1, 2001... The U.S. Department of State's contract for international demining demonstrates the planning, performance measurement, and reporting process envisioned under the Government Performance and Results Act. The U.S. Department of State's...

Metiom to Launch e-Marketplace Pilot Project.(Metiom Inc. contract with U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Metiom, Inc. was selected by U.S. Communities, a nationwide government purchasing alliance, to implement a demonstration project exhibiting the effectiveness of the e-marketplace for large-scale local government e-purchasing. For more...

Metiom Electronically Connects Small-to Medium-Sized Buyers and Sellers.(Metiom Inc.'s ConnectTrade business-to-business software)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Metiom has developed a suite of electronic commerce products that automates business-to-business procurement. ConnectTrade[TM] enables individuals in organizations to place orders with suppliers over the Internet by directly accessing...

Building Successful Partnerships in the e-Business Age.
April 1, 2001... Today's companies are creating new global trade exchanges for a truly integrated supply chain. The communications technologies revolution has fueled the e-business age and the explosive growth of the e-procurement market. The older...

Trade Secrets and Proprietary Data.(McDonnell Douglas Corp., NASA, and the Freedom of Information Act)
April 1, 2001... Exemption 4 to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides, in substance, that an agency is not obliged to disclose privileged or confidential trade secrets or financial information. If the information is received voluntarily, it will be...

Electronic Time Cards and the JAMIS e-Timecard Product.(Portera Systems software)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Over the past fifteen years, changing world conditions, economics and technology have forced many government agencies to change their approach to fulfilling their mission. One result is that contractors are doing more and more of the...

Huntsville Chapter Doubles Attendance at Events.(National Contract Management Association web site shows results)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Chapter uses Web site and electronic mail to promote activities and events. In May 2000, the Huntsville Chapter in Alabama unveiled its Web site at www.ncmahsv.org. The site, designed by former NCMA member Denise Pelham, began to...

San Gabriel Chapter Turns 40.(National Contract Management Association)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Expansive student membership has ensured the chapter's longevity On February 8, 2001, the San Gabriel Valley Chapter celebrated its 40th Anniversary. In the early 1960s when NCMA was still known as the National Association of...

Presenting the New Certified Professional Contracts Managers.(National Contract Management Association program graduates)
April 1, 2001... "Certification is the Key to Professionalism" Congratulations to those candidates who passed the Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) examination! The CPCM designation represents the highest level of qualification in the...

Training for the New Millennium.(seminars and courses available for contract managers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Software Licensing Software and Internet contracting is more important than ever as a result of recent developments in technology. In fact, software license agreements may be the most important form of contract for many business,...

Learn Online with NCMA.(National Contract Management Association web courses)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Providing a variety of online learning opportunities Two online CBT courses for acquisition personnel-- nap m-ncma.org Working as partners, the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM) and the National Contract Management...