Index of Published Articles
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Over
100 of my articles on purchasing topics have been published in various
periodicals.
Each
month I add one to this posting.
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An
insight into the soul of the soft drink industy
Selling
to Public Agencies [Click Here]
How
to sell products and services to public agencies --- the trials and
pitfalls of this very complex endeavor
Year
Nomenclature In Higher Ed [Click
Here]
Higher
Ed actually uses three or even four different calendars --- ascertaining
when somthing is going to happen can be downright confusing at times
The
Ubiquitous Privilege Clause [Click
Here]
Public
agencies can choose among all responsive bids to a certain degree, and
do not necessarily have to choose the lowest or best, as long is it's
"in the public interest to do so"
Employee
versus Independent Contractor [Click
Here]
How
to ascertain which is which and what kind of trouble you can get into
if you choose wrong
How
To Make Your POs Travel Real Slow [Click
Here]
Many
of us still send POs (and other documents) through the US Mail.
The address itself defines how fast (or slow) the envelope will travel
The
Fixed Assets Conundrum And GASB [Click
Here]
Why
we keep track of our stuff, how we evaluate it, when we depreciate it,
and the effect that GASB-34 will have on almost 100 years of fixed assets
traditions in public agencies
Coffee
Wars [Click Here]
Or...
how, in the midst of bidding chaos, Starbucks managed to come out smelling
like, uh, freshly ground coffee!
A
Judge Versus The President [Click
Here]
The
President of the United States issues an executive order. A district
judge reviews it and nullifies it. And the president accepts this rebuff
without question. There are only a few countries on our planet in which
that could happen. And without contest. In the case we’ll look
at, the president tried to use the federal purchasing rules to create
social change. And a district judge, said, ”No.!” It became
known as the Beck decision.
Open
Records, A Denver Soap Opera [Click
Here]
The
Denver City Auditor challenges the tiny town of Winter Park and its
ski association to open its records of a questionable land grab and
gets rebuffed by the village idiot.
Bait-And-Switch
In Public Contracts [Click Here]
The
traditional bait-and-switch is a ploy used by grifters to sell you something
of low value by touting a similar item of high value. But this kind
of thing can't happen in public contracts, can it???
Just
When Do You Pay That Bill [Click
Here]
After you've
ordered something on your agency’s or institution’s purchase
order, when do you pay the bill. You should note that, as you go through
this article, almost everything here applies to your personal life as
well. So, when do you pay the bill? When the moon
is bright and the dogs have stopped barking?
The
Perils of Non-Competitive Contract Awards
[Click Here]
Has this
ever happened to you?
You have
a complex need that is so special, so extraordinary, and so complex,
that you cannot imagine how it will ever be accomplished. You ponder
and contemplate, you stew and you fret, you fuss and you worry, and
you just can't find a way to get that exceptional project executed.
Brand
Name Or Equal, Hazardous Territory [Click
Here]
This article was
first published in October, 2001 in Purchasing Pulse, the monthly newsletter
of the National Association of Educational Purchasing. The response
from readers was most positive. I suspect the article had a special
appeal to us purchasing folk because it dealt with one of the issues
we confront daily, and with the case which set the very first ground
rules for the use of brand names in specifications.
Bad
Faith [Click Here]
I’ve never really thought much about bad faith.
In fact, I like to think that I’ve lived most of my life in good
faith, all of my relationships and transactions being honest and trustworthy
(although at the same time I know I’ve slipped into pettiness
or grandiloquence at the expense of others at times).
But as a an issue, espcially a fiduciary issue, bad
faith has been a remote and elusive concept --- until I researched this
article!
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