Contract Insights

State governments, local governments, and special districts manage extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, and communication to facilitate interactions between people, governments, and businesses. Contracts are public records, and managing them with inefficient and insecure methods is less than ideal. Additionally, vendor registration and management with outdated procedures is difficult and time-consuming. Contract management software can help, and this is why state and local governments love it so much. Let's explore further.

Since 1967, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has preserved the public's right to request access to US Federal Agency contract records and data; the government of the United States is required to disclose federal agency records, including commercial or financial information. Learn about the Freedom of Information Act and how a public access portal for FOIA government contracts - coupled with the far-reaching power of leading-edge contract management software - can streamline requests for FOIA contracts.

Managing government contracts with disparate processes such as shared drives, email, disorganized documents, and disorderly spreadsheets can prove challenging and leave your organization vulnerable to undue risk.  Public contract managers implementing such disparate contract management methods can transform their processes and maximize their budget by fiscal year-end by investing in a robust contract management software system that can seamlessly evolve with their organizations’ needs.  City, state, and federal contract management professionals can streamline their processes with the help of an end-to-end government contract management software suite that centralizes government contract administration services from requests to renewals.  Read on to learn how leveraging a centralized government contract management system with integrated eSourcing and eProcurement features can empower government contract management professionals to successfully administrate the many moving parts of their contracting processes.

The end of the fiscal year is quickly approaching.  As such, now is the perfect time for public organizations and government agencies to invest their remaining budget before it goes to waste.  Discover why your organization or agency should use its remaining budget to invest in contract management software - whose leading-edge functionality and user-friendly tracking and reporting tools are the gifts that keep on giving, allowing your organization to proactively prepare for the next fiscal year-end and other important, recurring events and opportunities.