Over the past six years of NASPO Top 10 Priorities lists, four topics have made the Top 10 every year and an additional 3 topics were on the list for all but one year. These topics, collectively, represent 65% of the list from the past six years. NASPO has supported these priorities through the development of the publications found in the table below.

 

2020-2015 Annual Top 10 Priorities List
	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Strategy/Centralization	x	x	x	x	x	x
eProcurement	x	x	x	x	x	x
Training and Certification Programs	x	x	x	x	x	x
Analytics	x	x	x	x	x	x
Transparency/Ethics		x	x	x	x	x
IT Procurement and Processes		x	x	x	x	x
Contract Administration	x	x	x	x	x
Talent Management	x		x	x	x
Innovative Solicitation Methods	x		x	x	x	x
CPI	x	x	x		x	x
Agency Stakeholders	x	x
Cooperative Purchasing Contracts		x		x
Change Management	x
Procurement Preferences and Principles						x

 

The top three topics represented across the top ten varied slightly from year to year, but overall, Strategy/Centralization and Analytics emerged as the most common.

Table 2
2020-2015 Top Three Priorities
	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Strategy/Centralization	x		x	x	x	x
Analytics			x		x	x
eProcurement	x			x
Training and Certification Programs				x	x
IT Procurement and Processes			x			x
Agency Relations		x
CPI		x
Agency Stakeholders	x
Contract Administration		x

 

Regional Top 10 Priorities

Similar to the Annual Top 10 results, two topics were priorities for each year in each region: Strategy/Centralization and eProcurement.

Together, these two account for 20% of the Regional Top 10 Priorities.

Table 3
2020-2019 Regional Top 10 Priorities
	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019
	East	East	South	South	West	West	Midwest	Midwest
Strategy/Centralization	1	7	2	5	3	3	3	6
eProcurement	7	2	7	6	1	6	2	2
Training Certification Programs		9	9	4	2	9	6	3
Analytics	2	5	10		4	2	7	4
Transparency/Ethics			6	7			1	10
IT Procurement and Processes	10	3		9		4		8
Contract Administration		6	1	1	10	1		9
Talent Management	5		8		6		9
Innovative Solicitation Methods					7		5
CPI	4	4		3	5	5	10	5
Agency Stakeholders	9	1	3	2	8	7	4	1
Change Management	6		5				8
Tracking Performance Metrics*	3				9	8
Cooperative Purchasing Contracts*	8	10		10				7
Supplier Relationships*		8				10
Contract Risk Assessment*			4	8
Note:*region specific priority not found on the Annual Top 10.

 

The top three topics found in the Regional Top 10 Priorities include Strategy/Centralization, eProcurement, and Agency Stakeholders. Strategy/Centralization is a top priority nationwide as evidenced by its appearance at the top of both the Annual and Regional Top 10 Priority lists.

Table 4
2020-2019 Top 3 Regional Priorities
	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019
	East	East	South	South	West	West	Midwest	Midwest
Strategy/Centralization	1		2		3	3	3
eProcurement		2			1		2	2
Agency Stakeholders		1	3	2				1
Contract Administration			1	1		1
Training Certification Programs					2			3
Analytics	2					2
IT Procurement and Processes		3
Tracking Performance Metrics*	3
CPI				3
Transparency/Ethics							1