ODU Hosting First Public Procurement and Contract Management Symposium
2014年4月1日
斯蒂芬·戈登
Old Dominion University's RESEARCH生 Certificate in Public Procurement and Contract Management (GCPPCM) 程序 is one of the first in the country created specifically to teach skills to students and professionals in the complex areas of purchasing and contracting for public organizations.
2011年开始, the 程序 has presented certificates to more than 20 graduate students, often as part of their Master of Public 政府 程序. These students have gone on to procurement and purchasing jobs with public entities around the region and beyond.
4月25日, the GCPPCM will sponsor ODU's first Public Procurement and Contract Management Symposium. The event will run from 8 a.m. 到5点.m. in Webb University Center.
The symposium will address key challenges and opportunities facing federal, state and local government procurement 程序s. Speakers and panelists, including some of the leaders in the field, will appear at the symposium. To register, or for details, visit the symposium website: http://www.edc-odu.com/content/symposium/.
The event is $40 for representatives of qualifying organizations, and free to ODU faculty, 工作人员, 学生及校友. 电子邮件 PublicProcurement@promisesurfing.net 注册.
斯蒂芬·戈登, a faculty member in the Department of Urban Studies and Public 政府 of ODU's College of Business and Public 政府 (CBPA), will chair the symposium. Gordon joined the university in 2011 after more than 35 years as one of the country's leading experts in public procurement.
“联邦, state and local government agencies spend $3 trillion a year to acquire goods, 服务, 解决方案, systems and infrastructure,戈登说。. "The quality of public procurement and contract management affects all of us who are served by government and pay taxes to government."
Gordon said the seminar covers much more than procurement rules and methods for contract management professionals, which fits with the model of what ODU has attempted to do with its GCPPCM, the second of its kind in the United States when it was introduced.
In a time of ever-tightening budgets for business, government and the military, cost savings are being sought in every aspect of operations. The field of procurement, or purchasing and contracting for goods, 服务 and construction, represents an area where organizations will be tested to find efficiencies in a difficult financial climate.
Gordon said the 程序 has been designed for anyone, 任何角色, 在任何组织中, "whether in the public sector, the private or for-profit sector, or the nonprofit sector, if they have a stake in public procurement and contract management. "
入学 to the certificate 程序 is open to anyone who has completed a bachelor's or master's degree at an accredited institution. Applicants enroll as non-degree graduate students through ODU's Office of RESEARCH生招生. Those who plan to earn the certificate as part of their M.P.A. 程序 must apply and be admitted to the M.P.A. 程序. For more information about the 程序, see: http://bpa.promisesurfing.net/uspa/academics/procurement.shtml.