Regional Councils

National Procurement Council^TM is actively creating regional councils that will work to advance opportunities and issues on a local basis. If you are interested in taking part on or being a leader for a regional council, please register here. 

Councils use the NPC state of the art technology for communications, and meet in person, via phone, message boards and Internet conference.

As we learn of NPC Members needs and interests, respective councils will be established in each region.

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