June 2, 2016
Southern Alleghenies PTAC’s James Gerraughty Appointed to Leadership Post in National Association.
Source: APTAC, May 10, 2016
The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) is pleased to announce that James Gerraughty, Program Manager of the Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission Procurement Technical Assistance Center (SAPDC PTAC), has been appointed Region 3 Director of the Association. APTAC’s Region 3 encompasses the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. He was sworn in at APTAC’s annual membership meeting on April 6, 2016 and will serve until April 2017, filling the vacancy left by the death of the previous Region 3 Director, Jessica Hudson of West Virginia. APTAC’s Board and Committees are comprised entirely of volunteers employed by member PTACs.
Gerraughty joined the SAPDC PTAC (Altoona, PA) in December 2012 and took the helm as Program Manager in 2014. He also serves on APTAC’s Body of Knowledge subcommittee – responsible for articulating, capturing and organizing the wide ranging information necessary for procurement assistance – and he assists with media production. Prior to his work with the PTAC, he performed research in telemedicine, media, and distance education for peer review publications and worked in public television. He has a BA in Telecommunications, an MBA, and APTAC’s Certified Procurement Professional certification.
APTAC is the professional organization of and for the 98 Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) awarded under the Department of Defense’s Procurement Technical Assistance Program. These PTACs, located across the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia as well as the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam, help local businesses become capable government contractors, on the belief that a broad base of small business suppliers provides the highest quality and best value to our government agencies and at the same time creates a strong and vibrant economic base for our communities. They assist small businesses by offering training events, bid-matching services, one-on-one sessions with a procurement counselor, notification of important contracting changes, help with understanding government contracting procedures and requirements, guidance in registering with the federal government, and much more. They assist government agencies by locating and educating the contractors and potential contractors which can provide the products and services they need.
APTAC supports the PTACs by providing them critical updates on the ever changing procurement processes across all federal agencies, comprehensive training opportunities and certification to ensure that PTAC staff can bring the highest level of capability to their work, networking forums so that PTAC professionals across the country can share best practices and draw upon their collective expertise, and a national presence to collaborate with federal agencies on small business contracting initiatives and otherwise provide a voice in national government contracting assistance and policy arenas. The work of APTAC is carried out by a cadre of dedicated volunteers, all of whom are procurement professionals employed by member PTACs, and supported by a small administrative staff.
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