Cyber insurance is turning into a minefield for growing numbers of public sector organizations: Standards are elusive. Coverage, premiums, and insurability requirements are inconsistent. Insurers also have their own issues. High-profile breaches and ransomware attacks on public sector organizations have made it difficult to accurately assess risks and provide effective coverage for critical public services. This training addresses how public sector organizations can help address some of these cyber insurance and self-insurance uncertainties. We open with the leading cyber threats for public sector agencies and then explore the rationale for using cloud tools to improve risk management in government agencies. Next, we summarize the primary challenges that must be overcome. We close with the top cybersecurity controls and best practices for using cloud tools to reduce risk and ensure business continuity in a cyberattack.
“I wish it took me a little longer to buy technology,” said no one ever. Technology has undergone massive transformation in the last decade with a profusion of purpose-built, user-centric options. Now, as public sector customers begin transforming their technology by replacing on-premise hardware with cloud and adopting software marketplaces, finance and procurement need to know how to support these this transformation. This session discusses how cloud technology and software marketplaces are transforming IT procurement in the public sector.
Help protect your organization from security risks, data breaches and malware attacks. Learn how Canon Solutions America's 5 pillars of security can help you mitigate those risks.
Does your procurement department have a plan beyond responding to sourcing needs in the wake of a catastrophic event? Join Disaster Recovery Services as we discuss the procurement professional’s role in developing a disaster recovery strategy that looks beyond emergency response to positioning your organization for building community resilience with the use of federal funding.
In the current era of generous federal funding, many public entities find themselves in the role of ‘recipient’ and therefore set the procurement compliance standards for eligible ‘subrecipients’ who are often not familiar with or accustomed to public procurement rules and regulations. Add period of performance requirements, such as with ARPA funding, and a whole new layer of procurement challenges have to be managed.
Sedgwick County, Kansas, faced this exact scenario. Through the collaborative efforts and expertise of the County, the Arena’s third-party management company, federal disaster grant consultants, and suppliers, an innovative yet compliant plan was initiated utilizing ARPA funding to bring about much-needed renovations to the county arena to better serve and promote a healthy community.
Join us as we use this case study to discuss the need for innovative procurement strategies to achieve successful outcomes for resilient communities using COVID-19 federal funding sources.
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Please join us for an interactive discussion on indirect procurement and the issues facing procurement professionals as well as a perspective from the supplier side. Today we are faced with a shortage of procurement practioners and an increased demand for fast changing products and solutions. On the supplier we are managing through global supply chain challenges and developing the latest products and solutions to support the public sector. We will present issues facing procurement today and hopefully uncover new updated issues. From the supplier side we will discuss what we have seen as good practices and offer ideas that can be implemented back at your agency.
If you’ve ever asked a procurement peer “Do you have a contract I can use?”, you know: the spirit of collaboration in public procurement is strong. Cooperative purchasing and piggybacking allows public agencies to share contracts to deliver better, faster public services to the public. But even now in 2022, finding the right contract at the right time often feels like a losing game of “Go, Fish”! How can you leverage technology (and the wisdom of your peers) to minimize the time you spend on the logistics of collaboration and maximize its benefits to your agency and the public? In this session, you’ll learn from procurement leaders pushing the boundaries of procurement collaboration in the digital age.
Learn about the world of cooperative purchasing from regional collaboration experts! While national purchasing cooperatives and state agencies offer valuable cooperative contracting resources, increasingly local agencies are collaborating on procurement to save time and money. In this session, you’ll hear from local leaders about their different approaches to cooperative procurement in their region, how they organize joint solicitations and best practices for creating and sharing cooperative contracts across a region-specific group. You’ll learn about the benefits and challenges of regional collaboration and leave with actionable insights that will help you strengthen purchasing collaboration in your own region.
Join us for a discussion on the implications that COVID-19 had on the Global Manufacturing industry and what business looks like moving forward. Hear from Government Practitioners and Suppliers who experienced firsthand the effects of increased demand, pricing, and supply chain-related issues.
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In the spirit of analyzing processes to increase contract competition, NIGP's Business Council looks at the internal costs for government and education organizations to procure and for suppliers to submit proposals to RFPs. This review provides information for a panel discussion around the effectiveness of RFPs in a variety of settings.
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New Resource!
The NIGP Business Council's new white paper, titled "That Was Then, This Is Now: Why Suppliers Are Still Choosing To No Bid."
What’s At Issue
Government & Education entities sometimes issue complex solicitations with extraordinary requirements, which can result in complicated and costly contract administration.
Just as procurement professionals analyze the total cost of procurement, suppliers must also determine the costs and benefits of responding to a competitive solicitation opportunity.
What’s Next
In this session, members of the NIGP Business Council will join local procurement practitioners in a panel discussion.
This highly interactive session will engage the audience as they interact with the panel and audience colleagues.
Requires 2 panel participants from your Chapter
Join a panel of respected procurement practitioners and NIGP Business Council (NBC) supplier representatives for an interactive workshop on the evolution of the supplier – practitioner relationship. From ‘We No Bid’ to ‘Finding Common Ground’, we will facilitate discussions that highlight the dynamic between practitioners and suppliers, providing tools that you can use to continue these conversations within your own entity.
Finding mutually beneficial partnerships to ensure fair competition and inclusion to achieve your entity’s new regulation goals.
Objectives:
After completing this online training session, learners will be able to: