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A Case for eProcurement in Government Purchasing -- Denying Politicians Their Take!

A Case for eProcurement in Government Purchasing — Denying Politicians Their Take!

By Jason Busch on August 11, 2010

My own state of Illinois has banned the use of reverse auctions in the telecom and construction industries because of the good-old-boy supplier system of graft and corruption. Incidentally, if you want to read a hilarious spoof pi…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged BIDS, Chicago, construction, corruption, Illinois, India, procurement, Reverse auction, tender

Conference Spending Matters: Chicago Gets Dumped as a Convention City of Choice

Conference Spending Matters: Chicago Gets Dumped as a Convention City of Choice

By Jason Busch on December 16, 2009

If I were to practice what I preach here on Spend Matters, I should
have probably packed up my bags and left Chicago — not to mention
Illinois — a long time ago. After all, this is the epicenter of
middle-corrupt-spending-America, a place …

Posted in Business | Tagged Chicago, corruption, Illinois, Politics, Spend Management, supply chain, trade unions, unions, United States

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