Hangin' at the e-Mall.

• Position: Online purchasing for Washington State agencies - Brief Article

In an effort to economize on staff time and spending, the State of Washington has initiated a new on-line project at emall.dis.wa.gov. Here at the state's "e-mail," purchasers from approximately 250 state, county, and city agencies can shop for a variety of technology products and services from about 40 different contracts. A spokesman for the state's Department of Information Services points out that the state takes "stuff from all over the place, which you had to be really smart to find, and puts it into one portal." Case in point, the state recently joined the...