Contracting Out Of Government Work

Author : Jody Freeman,Martha Minow
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 067403208X

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Government by Contract by Jody Freeman,Martha Minow Pdf

The dramatic growth of government over the course of the twentieth century since the New Deal prompts concern among libertarians and conservatives and also among those who worry about government’s costs, efficiency, and quality of service. These concerns, combined with rising confidence in private markets, motivate the widespread shift of federal and state government work to private organizations. This shift typically alters only who performs the work, not who pays or is ultimately responsible for it. “Government by contract” now includes military intelligence, environmental monitoring, prison management, and interrogation of terrorism suspects. Outsourcing government work raises questions of accountability. What role should costs, quality, and democratic oversight play in contracting out government work? What tools do citizens and consumers need to evaluate the effectiveness of government contracts? How can the work be structured for optimal performance as well as compliance with public values? Government by Contract explains the phenomenon and scope of government outsourcing and sets an agenda for future research attentive to workforce capacities as well as legal, economic, and political concerns.

Author : Dudek & Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : County services
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119645963

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Privatization and Public Employees by Dudek & Company Pdf

Author : John Rehfuss
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1989-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015015648861

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Contracting Out in Government by John Rehfuss Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Public contracts
ISBN : LOC:00184035108

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Contracting Out of Government Work by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Post Office and Civil Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045535148

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Contracting Out of Government Work, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service ..., 93-1, May 31, 1973 by United States. Congress. House. Post Office and Civil Service Pdf

Author : John A. Rehfuss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0608217069

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Contracting Out in Government by John A. Rehfuss Pdf

Author : Ruth Hoogland DeHoog
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0873958934

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Contracting Out for Human Services by Ruth Hoogland DeHoog Pdf

Contracting out for services has become a popular technique in government's perennial quest to cut spending. Yet seldom has the practice been examined from any but the public choice approach. This book explores contracting out in the important area of human services, covering the critical conditions of contracting and the vital points of politics, procedures, service quality, and effectiveness. In doing so, DeHoog uses three theoretical perspectives drawn from social science traditions: the economic perspective of market imperfections, the political perspective of cooptation, and the interdisciplinary perspective of organizational decision-making. To evaluate the perspectives and their predictions in the human services, DeHoog has examined contracting in social services (Title XX) and employment and training programs, (CETA), primarily through in-depth interviews with participants.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015082596357

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Effect of Contracting Out Work at Naval Air Rework Facilities by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Human Resources Pdf

Author : Wenzel Matiaske
Publisher : Rainer Hampp Verlag
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783879889945

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Good Work - Poor Work by Wenzel Matiaske Pdf

Author : Donald F. Kettl
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815720068

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Sharing Power by Donald F. Kettl Pdf

In the flush of enthusiasm to make government work better, reformers from both left and right have urged government to turn as many functions as possible over to the private sector and to allow market competition instill efficiency and choice. In fact, government has been doing just this for years: every major policy initiative launched since World War II has been managed by public-private partnerships. Yet such privatization has not solved government's problems. While there have been some positive results, thee has been far less success than advocates of market competition have promised. In a searching examination of why the "competition prescription" has not worked well, Donald F. Kettl finds that government has largely been a poor judge of private markets. Because government rarely operates in truly competitive markets contracting out has not so much solved the problems of inefficiency, but has aggravated them. Government has often not proved to be an intelligent consumer of the goods and services it has purchased. Kettl provides specific recommendations as to how government can become a "smart buyer," knowing what it wants and judging better what it has bought. Through detailed case studies, Kettl shows that as market imperfections increase, so do problems in governance and management. He examines the A-76 program for buying goods and services, the FTS-2000 telecommunications system, the Superfund program, the Department of Energy's production of nuclear weapons, and contracting out by state and local governments. He argues that government must be more aggressive in managing contracts if it is to build successful partnerships with outside contractors. Kettl maintains that the answer is not more government, but a smarter one, which requires strong political leadership to refocus the bureaucracy's mission and to change the bureaucratic culture.

Author : Paul Emanuelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1552 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Government purchasing
ISBN : 043347453X

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Government Procurement by Paul Emanuelli Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Civil service
ISBN : UOM:39015082345979

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Contracting Out by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Human Resources Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Minority Enterprise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Government competition
ISBN : PURD:32754078215724

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Contracting Out/government Competition by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Minority Enterprise Pdf

Author : William Sims Curry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317221029

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Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies by William Sims Curry Pdf

This second edition of Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies provides state-of-the-art tools for best practice in the procurement of services at state and local levels, from initial stages through to completion. Including lively case studies and research conducted with state and local agencies across the United States, this book provides management advice and tips on compliance to reduce costs, select the best-qualified contractors, manage contractors’ performance, and prevent corruption and waste. Utilizing the results of new research in all fifty states, author William Sims Curry offers updated best-practice documents, methodologies, and templates including: a Request for Proposal (RFP), a scorecard for proposals to select the best-qualified contractor, a toolkit for meeting socioeconomic contracting goals without compromising price, quality, or on-time delivery, and a Model Services Contract (MSC). Special consideration is given to obtaining services and products in states of emergency. Several additional resources for practitioners are available online, including sample contracts and a straightforward, inexpensive tool for tracking contractors’ progress and cost management. The roadmap and templates contained in this book and available online to readers will prove essential to state and local government agency contracting professionals and other officials and employees called upon to participate in the drafting of solicitations, writing sole source justifications, writing scopes of work, serving on advance contract planning and source selection teams, recommending award of contracts, or assisting in the management of those contracts.

Author : Canada. Treasury Board. Administrative Policy Branch
Publisher : Ottawa, Canada : Administrative Policy Branch, Treasury Board : Available by mail from Print. and Pub., Supply and Services Canada
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Contracting out
ISBN : UOM:39015020161686

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Policy and Guidelines on Contracting-out the Government's Requirements in Science and Technology by Canada. Treasury Board. Administrative Policy Branch Pdf