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Journal Article
Buying smartly
2014
Overview
Few things are more complicated than federal acquisition regulations (maybe the Internal Revenue Code or US civil service rules), yet the goods and services they help purchase add up to a significant portion of the national economy. Indeed, nearly $1 of every $2 of the discretionary portion of the federal budget goes out through a contract. So like them or not, those pesky acquisition regulations -- and the professionals who administer them -- likely affect just about every public manager. People can't get their jobs done without them, but it can sometimes be quite challenging to reconcile those arcane regulatory requirements with the imperative to achieve results.
Publisher
Association for Talent Development (ATD),Association for Talent Development
