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NEWSLMI to Join with NCMA to Recognize Outstanding Acquisition Papers Inaugural call for papers for the W. Gregor Macfarlan Excellence in Contract Management Research and Writing Program.
McLean, Virginia, September 19, 2006—The National Contract Management Association (NCMA) has announced a writing competition in memory of W. Gregor “Greg” Macfarlan. LMI is pleased to join NCMA in supporting the inaugural solicitation for the W. Gregor Macfarlan Excellence in Contract Management Research and Writing Program.
Mr. Macfarlan was a senior research fellow at LMI and a member of the LMI Research Institute. He worked in the acquisition profession for more than 40 years and served at LMI from 1993 until his death in October 2005. His passing left a void in the field of federal acquisition workforce training, particularly in the area of teaching people how to prepare and use the performance-based contracts to which the federal government turned in the 1990s. Macfarlan was actively involved in the programs and operation of NCMA, the leading professional association in the procurement field. He served as the association’s national president, a fellow, and honorary life member and, in 1997, received its Charles A. Dana Distinguished Service Award.
The NCMA program will award monetary prizes for superior papers relevant to contract management for three categories: graduate research, professional research, and undergraduate paper writing. Theoretical and empirical papers relevant to the practice of contract management are welcome. Papers may be presented from a variety of basic disciplines, such as business, finance, marketing, management, accounting, management information systems (MIS), public administration, economics, business education and related fields, as long as the research is relevant to the contract management field. For more information on the inaugural solicitation for papers, go to http://www.ncmahq.org/publications/articles/macfarlan.asp. LMI is a not-for-profit government consulting firm established in 1961 at the behest of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Best known for its logistics expertise, LMI is dedicated to solving the federal government’s management challenges in acquisition, facilities management, financial management, information technology, and organizations and human capital, as well as logistics. Numbered among its clients are Department of Defense organizations and civil agencies, such as the General Services Administration and the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Energy. LMI established the Research Institute in 2004 as a center of innovation that seeks to produce breakthrough ideas for advancing the science of government management. It strives to bring thoughtfulness, rigor, and greater predictability to all aspects of government decision making.
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