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Centralized Purchasing Agencies in State and Local Governments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Milton Conover
Affiliation:
Yale University

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Legislative Notes and Reviews
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1925

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References

1 The statutes cited herein may be found in the volumes of session laws for the states and years indicated in the text. A valuable photostat compendium of certain provisions of many statutes enacted prior to December, 1921, is Wm. Webb and C. Eveleen Hathaway's Digest of Laws on State Purchasing Departments, New York State Library. A detailed analysis and criticism of provisions contained in most of the acts passed prior to 1920 is included in Buck's, A. E. essay on “The Coming of Centralized Purchasing in State Governments,” National Municipal Review, Supplement Vol. IX, No. 2, pp. 117135, (February, 1920)CrossRefGoogle Scholar, New York Bureau of Municipal Research and National Municipal League. Typewritten data pertaining to current developments in government purchasing is available at the New York State Library, legislative reference section. Professional opinions on such agencies may be obtained from The Purchaser, which is published by the National Association of Purchasing Agents. A general treatment of the theory and practice of the system is Thomas', A. G. Principles of Government Purchasing (1919)Google Scholar, Institute for Government Research Studies in Administration.

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