VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, 2003

CONTENTS

• NIGP President’s Letter
  J. A. Clark

• Exploring Differences in the American States’ Procurement Practices 
  J. D. Coggburn

• Controlling Warehouse Performance With Statistical Process Methods 
  P. Lightfoot and R. G. Kauffman

• Performance Measures for Evaluating the Financial Benefits of State Term Commodity Contracts
  S. E. Celec, E. J. Nosari and D. Voich, Jr.

• A Comparison of Purchasing’s Organizational Roles and Responsibilities in the Public and Private Sector 
  P. F. Johnson, M. R. Leenders and C. McCue

• P-Card Utilization in Municipal Government: Advantages and Concerns
  J. L. Daly and M. A. Buehner

• The Florida Sunshine Law and Evaluation Committees 
  K. W. Buffington

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Highway Infrastructure: Preliminary Information on the Timely Completion of Highway Construction Projects
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• You Don’t Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization
  D. R. Shetterly

VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2, 2003

CONTENTS

• Assessing Federal Procurement Reform: Has the Procurement Pendulum Stopped Swinging?
  J. A. Pegnato

• Managing the Italian Healthcare System: The Viewpoint of The Purchasing and Marketing Office
  E. Vagnoni

• A Review of State Procurement and Contracting
  J. R. Bartle and R. L. Korosec

• The Use of Qualifications-Based Selection on Public Procurement: A Survey Research
  Y. Qiao and G. Cummings

• Procuring Expertise: The Case of Local Government Water and Sewer Rate Analyses
  G. A. Gianakis and X.-H. Wang

USEFUL REPRINTS

• VA and Defense Health Care: Potential Exists for Savings Through Joint Purchasing
  of Medical and Surgical Supplies 
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• The Procurement Revolution
  R. Nyhan

VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3, 2003

CONTENTS

• Invitation to Negotiate: Determining the Boundaries of Innovative Source Selection
  W. C. Lawther

• Vendor Diversity in Public Sector Purchasing: The Case of the Florida Department of Health
  S. A. Watson, R. G. Brooks, T. Arnold, K. Mason and C. McEachron

• The Proper Use of Offsets in International Procurement
  T. K. Taylor

• The Impact of Public Firms Commercialization on Purchasing Management 
  A. Ancarani

• China’s Legal Framework for Public Procurement 
  R. Rothery

USEFUL REPRINTS

• Federal Procurement: Better Guidance and Monitoring Needed to Assess Purchases of Environmentally Friendly
  Products 
  U.S. General Accounting Office

BOOK REVIEW

• A History of Government Contracting
  P. Nguyen