Procurement

Governments can struggle to maintain a procurement function that aligns with best practices, incorporates new technologies and modern best practices, and complies with fundamental principles of customer service, transparency, competition, and compliance. GFOA continues to advocate for greater coordination between finance and procurement and is working to break down organizational silos, miscommunication, and confusion around fundamental issues in procurement. In this session, speakers will cover how to assess and improve your existing procurement policy and how to use available technologies to implement and sustain improvements to purchase requisition, purchase order, accounts payable, and p-card reconciliation processes.

Learning Objectives

• Define essential components of a procurement policy
• Explore how to use modern procurement systems to improve efficiency of standard procurement processes
• Improve compliance and efficiency of procurement processes