Contract Management Magazine

Contract Management Magazine is the flagship publication of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). This award-winning magazine features articles about best practices, professional insights, lessons learned, and much more.

With more than 500 issues and 3,900 articles (and counting!), Contract Management Magazine is a monthly publication for contract management professionals at all career levels.

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Advancing the Profession Through Common Language

Posted on 5/1/2023
A common language in contract management promotes talent mobility and facilitates interaction between academia, government, and industry. It is essential to maximize the success of the profession.

Look Investors the U.S. Government Is Interested

Posted on 5/1/2023
Attracting venture capital using federal innovation contracts, AJ Piplica is building a hypersonic plane.

Free Software Tools for All

Posted on 5/1/2023
The “Tools for All” program will allow software tool companies to give the Air Force enterprise licenses for free in exchange for precious information about whether and how Air Force program offices adopt and use the tools.

Five Seemingly Forbidden Practices You Can Use

Posted on 5/1/2023
Will Roberts recently informally polled contracting colleagues to discover which practices they and others most commonly avoid. He used the assumption they are forbidden, even though they are not. Five stood out.

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If you want to add “published author” to your resume, consider writing for Contract Management Magazine. We welcome -and encourage- your proposals for original articles about contract management best practices, case studies, challenges, and insights. As contract management professionals, you have experiences and knowledge that are valuable to our readers. We accept articles on a rolling basis. Please send all proposals through the all-new, easy-to-use Article Proposal Submission Form below.

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How to Write for Contract Management Magazine

Editor in Chief Anne Laurent explains how Contract Management is created, how to propose an article, and why stories are the most favored form of articles. Special Guest Dan Manning, Founder and Chief Story Architect at Build The Story, discusses how to construct a story, using his own October 2022 article in Contract Management as an example.

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What Should I Write About?

Typical article topics address practice of the competencies found in NCMA’s Contract Management Standard (CMS)™ and Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK)®. Other topics of interest include commercial contracting, barriers to entry, sustainability contracting, innovation, agile contracting, IT/digital services, legal and regulatory compliance, international acquisitions, operational contracting, small business contracting, subcontracting, state and local government contracting, ethics, and professional development.

Articles may not promote a specific company or its services and products.

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How Long Should the Article Be?

Our feature-length articles range from 1,500 to 2,500 words. Columns are 500 to 1,000 words.

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