by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
Contractors working with the government often have to estimate the amount of work to be performed in “person-years.” Person-years are used as a measure of how many hours a company is expected to contribute every year, yet it turns out that a single person-years is...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
Just last April, Colombia changed its law concerning government bidding to make it mandatory to use standard tender document for public transport works. The new law’s intent was to make public bidding more transparent and reduce corruption in the process. A study...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
A Defense Department report to Congress obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that at least $334 billion in taxpayer money was lost due to fraudulent defense contracting from 2013 to 2017. A similar DoD report covering the years 2001 to 2010 also...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 8, 2019 | Nonprofit Management
Today’s technologies pull data from everywhere and it is the proper understanding and the use of insights from the data that can keep nonprofits on the right track when it comes to organizational efficacy and sustainability. But where to start? Luckily, Carnegie...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 8, 2019 | Nonprofit Management
With the launch of the Centers for Civic Impact, Johns Hopkins University is advancing efforts to provide data-driven research muscle to better understand and enhance public life. “We know from experience that change is more effective when it is based on data and...
