News

4/14/2012
2012 Annual Meeting Presentations Available!

3/15/2012
Board Election Results

Congratulations to the following for being elected to the 2012/2013 NAEP Board.
    • Second VP – Lisa Deal, University of Florida
    • District I – Dennis Fox, Woods Hole 
    • District IV – Greg Doty, Wheaton
  - press release

2/1/2012
NAEP Scholarship Committee Announces First Sons & Daughters Scholarship Ready to be Awarded!

If you are employed by an Active NAEP Member Institution and have a child that is of college age, your child is eligible to apply for the $1,000 Sons & Daughters Scholarship, awarded in the Spring of 2012. Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2012.
- Charter with application
- Sons and Daughters Scholarship Award

1/23/2012
Carol Barnhill, C.P.M., to be honored at Governor’s Mansion Reception
- Jonesboro, Arkansas
- press release

9/14/2011
NAEP and Spikes Cavell team up to deliver spend data analysis, metrics, benchmarks and access to aggregated higher education data.
  - press release | learn more

9/14/2011
Download NAEP and Spikes Cavell Press Release: NAEP and Spikes Cavell team up to deliver
The Observatory: spend data analysis, metrics, benchmarks and access to aggregated higher education data.
- press release

2/8/2011
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Reauthorization Act of 2011
  - view .pdf

11/11/2010
Government Withholding Relief Coalition:
“The 3% withholding law, which was enacted in Section 511 of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-222) as section 3402(t) of the Internal Revenue Code, mandates that….”
  - view .pdf

9/10/2010
NASPO - Cooperation and Colaboration in State Higher Education Procurement - Exec Summary
  - view .pdf

9/1/2010
Interim Guidance on the Application of Section 3402(t) to Payment Card Transactions”
  - view .pdf

4/14/2010
Report on Procurement Reform Shows Potential Gains in Public College Costs Savings and Productivity
  - press release

 

 

 

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NAEP IS A PORTAL TO HIGHER EDUCATION PROCUREMENT INTELLIGENCE

CONNECT: Immediate access to over 3,000 professionals and their best practices via:

  • Topic Specific Listservs
  • RFP Library
  • Case Studies and Research
  • White Papers

Access this brain-trust for quick questions, some guidance, or to take a pulse on how your peers are solving a specific challenge. Our Professional Development face-to-face, online or on-demand is taught by Higher Education Procurement Professionals who know exactly what you need to succeed.

COLLABORATE: Access innovations, best practices, research, benchmarking and monographs many of which are available free or at a reduced price for Members. Other research, including:

  • Bi-annual Procurement in Higher Education Salary Study,
  • Green Purchasing in Higher Education
  • Public College and University Procurement Study (in collaboration with AASCU)

Working with the entire Higher Education community, NAEP's sphere of influence is critical to advancing the role of Procurement on campus.

GET RECOGNIZED: Get published in our quarterly publication, Educational Procurement Journal, or our monthly digital newsletter, Purchasing Link. And with a robust annual awards program, you have ample opportunities to get your innovations and best practices recognized – a great career builder!

So join our community to Connect, Collaborate, Get Recognized ….and SUCCEED! Join TODAY.

Check out our Benefits Guide and explore the potential that awaits your professional purchasing carreer.

NAEP Member Feedback...

“This is an amazing organization. So many contacts and so much information available to me real-time”

“The RFP Library alone is worth the cost of Membership”

“There are many groups that offer professional development for procurement but only one that understands the higher education environment and that is NAEP”

“I am new to higher education procurement. NAEP has given me the opportunity to connect with people that have been doing this for years. NAEP offers so many ways to network, live and online.”


2012 Annual Meeting Feedback

“It was great. I learned a lot and made some great contacts...all in all, it was excellent.”

“...time with the suppliers was invaluable.....”

“Loved the speed dating....”

“Being a first time attendee, I was pleased that you had a special session just for us....”

“This was my first time attending and the meeting completely surpassed my expectations.”

“...a great conference with excellent content.”

“NAEP 2012 provided an excellent foundation for connecting our missions and visions on Supplier Diversity / Social Responsiility track. The networking events were great - overall a greaty NAEP year.”

“Excellent experience. Looking forward to many more....”

“I thought it was a great conference...The networking experience was fantastic. Also the MindXChange is extremely valuable... I look forward to participating in next year's confernece.”

“I'm a relatively new buyer. I found the sessions extremely helpful and the networking opportunities very useful.”

“Really relevant topics and a great venue.”

“Really great topics this year...NAEP does a great job in program development for its Members.”

Events & Publications

4th Annual Green Procurement Survey - Now OPEN!

Face to Face Events
July 9 – 12
Facilities Institute
Houston, TX
Tentative Program-At-A-Glance

August 27 – 30
Supplier Diversity Institute
Houston, TX

October 28 - 30, 2012
Tiers I, II and III - Co-Located Academies
Indianapolis, IN
More information coming soon!

Regional Registration
Great Lakes Attendee
Great Lakes Exhibitors
District II Attendee
District II Exhibitor
Upstate New York Exhibitor

New Research
Green procurement trends with higher education.
  - download report

New On-Demand
May 10th VISA Webcast:  The Benefits of a Payables Automation Program (available til June 13th)
   - view recording

Automating the Procurement Process: A Success Story
   - view item

Featured Monograph
A Green Purchasing Policy Roadmap
  - view item