In a recent article from governing.com, author Jessica Mulholland describes the remarkable savings achieved by government agencies and private companies utilizing reverse auction technology. The prime example from the article, Maricopa County, Arizona, discovered reverse auction when they became tired of paying a premium price for a commodity that was being sold to them at far above market value. Once they learned about reverse auction and the savings it creates, they began running any purchase through it that they could. As a result, they uncovered dozens of purchases on which their margins were greatly decreased for their bottom line – saving millions of dollars on everyday items such as flour and peanut butter, but even more specific items as well.