GovSpend

About GovSpend

GovSpend’s vision is to be the leading trusted source of data, analytics, and insight for organizations buying and selling in the public sector marketplace. Our SLED and Federal solutions enable better decisions, cultivate collaboration, and build a greater sense of community in the government procurement ecosystem.

African-American Pioneers in Technology Inspired Today’s High-Tech World

2023-10-05T11:18:33-04:00February 6th, 2020|Categories: SLED|

If you’re reading this, you’re probably using one of the most valuable inventions of our time: the internet. Without this worldwide connection, many of your daily tasks wouldn’t exist—whether that’s checking your work email, updating your Facebook status, or reading ...

Why You Should Have a ‘Resolution’ for Your Business

2023-10-27T03:46:39-04:00January 22nd, 2020|Categories: SLED|

Each year, Americans spend the first week of January planning their New Year’s Resolutions. We vow to exercise more, eat healthier, save money, travel more, drink less caffeine. These “goals” are well-meaning, but they’re also short-lived, according to modern ...

End of the Year Spending: How does the government kick off the new year?

2023-10-27T03:49:14-04:00December 12th, 2019|Categories: SLED|

We’ve discussed the differing fiscal years within the government space and how you can leverage that information to win more business. However, no matter how distinct these fiscal years are, there’s one part of the standard calendar that affects ...

The Low-Down on the Fiscal Year: When does the government buy?

2023-10-13T06:07:34-04:00December 2nd, 2019|Categories: SLED|

While most of us consider the fiscal year and the calendar year to be one-and-the-same (beginning in January, ending in December, just like we all learned in kindergarten), government entities operate on a completely different schedule. If you’re involved ...

Today We Remember September 11, 2001

2023-10-05T11:18:59-04:00September 11th, 2019|Categories: SLED|

This year is the 18th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. A day many of us will never forget and which is forever memorialized in New York City. The memorial was planned in the immediate aftermath of ...

Before the Storm: How Florida is preparing for Hurricane Dorian

2023-10-05T11:18:59-04:00August 30th, 2019|Categories: SLED|

Right now, our home state of Florida is preparing for Hurricane Dorian. With every new update from the meteorologists, citizens are purchasing cases of water, buying batteries, and pulling shutters out. Floridians are canceling their Labor Day plans and instead ...

10 Myths about Selling to the Government

2023-10-05T11:19:00-04:00August 14th, 2019|Categories: SLED|

Introduction Combined, U.S. government agencies (federal, state & local) represent the largest customer in the world. There are 90,000 government agencies spending over $7 trillion per year...just under $20 billion per day (every day) -- that is A LOT of ...