That program was launched in 1960 by Professors Ralph Nash, Jr. and John Cibinic, Jr. See https://www.law.gwu.edu/government-procurement-law. 1 For data on federal procurement spending, see www.usaspending.gov. Federal government procurement totals approximately US$500 billion per year. Id. 2 The law library at the GWU Law School has one of the leading collections on public procurement law (traditionally called "government contracts law" in the United States), and the librarians there, coordinated by subject matter expert Mary Kate Hunter,