{"id":105284,"date":"2011-06-30T11:56:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T16:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=105284"},"modified":"2011-07-01T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T17:26:50","slug":"smith-county-gets-national-recognition-for-purchasing-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=105284","title":{"rendered":"Smith County Nationally Recognized for Purchasing Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=105299\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/06\/thumb_smithcounty-seal3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_smithcounty-seal\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-105299\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTYLER &#8212; Smith County is one of a few government entities nationwide to receive the 2011 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Purchasing Institute, County Judge Joel Baker announced this week.  According to a county news release, the award is earned by those who demonstrate excellence, innovation, professionalism, productivity and leadership in their procurement practices.   \u201cWe have worked with the Commissioners Court to implement a lot of good procedures,\u201d Smith County Purchasing Director Kelli Davis said. \u201cThis is a great honor for the County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award is based on performance measures and best practices. Mrs. Davis and the Smith County Purchasing Team have gone above and beyond to provide the best and most efficient purchasing procedures to the citizens of Smith County,\u201d County Judge Joel Baker said.   Arrangements are in the works for an NPI member to present the award to Smith County in the near future.   \u201cThe integrity and honesty that Smith County\u2019s Purchasing Department has shown is incredible,\u201d Tarrant County Purchasing Director and former President of the Texas Purchasing Association Jack Beacham said. \u201cAnytime you are considered for an award of this magnitude it is a great honor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Smith County is one of a few government entities nationwide to receive the 2011 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Purchasing Institute, County Judge Joel Baker announced this week. According to a county news release, the award is earned by those who demonstrate excellence, innovation, professionalism, productivity and leadership in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=105284\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County Nationally Recognized for Purchasing Practices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 14:01:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105284"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105667,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105284\/revisions\/105667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}