Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 8 Issue 2

Leasing as a strategic financing option: the navy’s maritime prepositioned ships experience

Joseph G. San Miguel, John K. Shank, Donald E. Summers

Recently, leasing has been prominent in the press due to the Air Force’s recent ill-fated attempt to obtain the use of Boeing re-fueling tankers. Forgotten is that, in the early…

A brief history and review of purchasing card use by the U.S. government: 1990-2005

Mahendra Gupta, Richard J. Palmer

After fifteen years of use by U.S. Federal government agencies, purchase cards are still caught in a debate between the drive to improve governmental efficiency and the need to…

Procurement process maturity: key to performance measurement

Rene G. Rendon

Performance measurement has been receiving increased attention in public organizations. As performance measurement systems begin to take on a central focus by public sector…

Contracting officers: turn off the time and material default switch

Bernard Piper

This article addresses the increased use of time and material contracts. It explores the reasons and risks of this contract type’s use. Also, it makes several suggestions to…