Contracting in U.S. cities is a big deal. How big? Consider this: the District of Columbia’s Office of Contracting and Procurement manages the purchase of nearly $5.6 billion in goods and services — and some of those are the most direct ways a city can improve the lives of its residents.
Continue readingRecording: “Unseal the Deal! How open contracting can improve your city’s procurement process”
Yesterday we hosted "Unseal the Deal! How open contracting can improve your city’s procurement process," a webinar with our partners from the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), the Harvard Kennedy School's Government Performance Lab (GPL), and the City of Glendale, Arizona to discuss how open contracting can help cities get more bids, better bids, more contractors, and better outcomes—all while mitigating risks of corruption and improving trust and integrity—through an open approach to procurement. If you missed it, the recording of the webinar and presentation slides are now available.
Continue readingUnseal the deal! How open contracting can improve your city’s procurement process
On Tuesday, June 5, join the Sunlight Foundation's Open Cities team, the Open Contracting Partnership, Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab, and the City of Glendale, Arizona for a webinar discussion about how open data can be used to improve contracting outcomes, including tips for how cities anywhere can use this approach.
Continue readingOpen Contracting: What Works for American Cities
(Photo credit: Jen Gallardo/Flickr) Through the What Works Cities Initiative, Sunlight Foundation is working with mid-sized cities to support the... View Article
Continue readingThe OCP and Sunlight take open contracting on tour with What Works Cities
City representatives and What Works Cities partners met in Kansas City, Mo., to discuss how to make contracting more transparent.
Continue readingAnnouncing new research partnership and draft policy guidelines for municipal open contracting
We're announcing a new research project with OCP and a draft of new guidelines. We want your feedback!
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Beta release of the open contracting data standard
The objective of the Open Data Standard is to support governments to publish contracting data in a more accessible, interoperable and useful manner and to enable the widest possible range of stakeholders to use contracting data effectively.
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