Federal agencies’ mission scope is evolving and expanding on a daily basis, while their budgets remain stagnant, regulations keep them perennially understaffed, and new technologies necessitate unique ...

The supplier selection phase of the sourcing lifecycle is dominated by negotiations and characterised by tactical measures. Contract negotiation starts with the request for proposal (RFP), which ...

A trend I’ve been noticing in the last several years is small business owners increasingly choosing to hire independent contractors. We’ve long seen businesses pay outside lawyers or accountants ...

Whether because of budgetary concerns, unusual requirements or another reason, sometimes it’s in a business’ best interest to outsource its IT operations. Indeed, there may be many advantages to a ...

Usually, when we say the "stars have aligned" in some way, it implies that something positive has happened – but this week we saw a rather unpleasant alignment of stars, with two of the industry's ...

Is it time to stop outsourcing? Joe Giddens/PA Wire/PA Images The key here lies in the qualifier “modern”. Delivery of public services by private providers is nothing new. In the 17th and 18th ...