 In the UK, CIPS seeks to work with the procurement profession in the public sector and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Government's Cabinet Office on 28 May 2012 seeking to "[cement] closer working and enhancing Government purchasing capability".CIPS is also partnered with the US Institute of Supply Management (ISM).CIPS works to promote understanding of procurement as a "career of choice" and to help people interested in procurement enter the profession.