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Better tracking systems can help ensure students have the equipment they need. FatCamera/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Federal stimulus money bought new technology for Philly students, but many schools lost track of where items went

Suzanne McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Kathryn Blackman, Binghamton University, State University of New York

A significant amount of Philadelphia public schools’ technology and other equipment goes missing each year due to poor inventory and tracking.
The U.S. government is the single largest buyer of services and goods, like vehicles. That has an impact on the economy. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Climate change is about to play a big role in government purchases – with vast implications for the US economy

Jesse Burkhardt, Colorado State University and Lauren Gifford, Colorado State University

The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and budget decisions. An example shows just how much is at stake.
Many Australian exporters find it difficult to crack the US government procurement market, while our policy leaves the door more open to US firms. Shutterstock

Australia’s procurement policy leaves our exporters behind

Elizabeth Thurbon, UNSW

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Related Topics

  1. AUSFTA
  2. Climate change
  3. Fossil fuels
  4. Free trade
  5. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)
  6. Inventory
  7. Regulations
  8. School funding
  9. social cost of carbon

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