Buyers Meeting Point Weekly Commentary for August 24th, 2015

Jon Hansen (PI Window on The World)

Panel Discussion on The Politics of Procurement This week's guest audio comes from a panel discussion moderated by Code for America. They create open source solutions and facilitate a collaborative community around their use. Code for America also hosts an annual summit that brings together public sector innovators and the organizations that collaborate with them – and that is where this particular recording was made: at a 2014 summit panel on public sector procurement. In this exchange, the panel responds to an audience question about the politics of procurement and facilitating cross-functional communication for the sake of gaining buy in. The full video – Procurement for the 21st Century - is available on their YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vPf6cUb614