Over the last two years, the federal government has dedicated nearly a trillion dollars in increased funding that will make its way through state and local coffers in the form of grants, formula funds and rebates. For local governments in particular, this money is an opportunity to build a more sustainable future and address systemic inequities, among other important goals.
But even the most well-thought-out or straightforward programs can lose their effectiveness if the process for procuring the goods and services needed to run them isn’t designed or executed well.
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Mark Funkhouser is the former mayor of Kansas City and president of Funkhouser & Associates
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