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Chief Acquisition Officer, John Ely, relates how procurement innovations dramatically improved process efficiencies at Customs and Border Protection and how other agencies can experience similar success in an article published in the July 2008 issue of the National Contract Management Association’s Contract Management magazine.
On July 18, 2008, OFPP Administrator, Paul A. Denett, issued a memo encouraging agencies “to do more to promote the appropriate use of tools and effective practices to improve and increase the use of competition.” The memo provides examples of competition best practices, including reverse auctions, and requests specific feedback in year end reports.