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SBA’s Advocacy Office Cautions on Inherently Governmental Proposal
Department of Labor: Federal Contractors Workplace Notice – Union Organization
Should cities be in the business of running businesses ranging from convention centers to farmers markets? Selling off golf courses, contracting out parking concessions, and all manner of public-private partnerships are generating billions of dollars in revenue and dramatically improving city services in places such as Chicago and Indianapolis. Will Cleveland's elected officials learn the right lessons in time?
Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey is written and produced by Paul Feine; camera and editing by Roger Richards and Alex Manning; narrated by Nick Gillespie; music by the Cleveland band Cats on Holiday.
These are the first three of six episodes that will air between March 15-19, 2010
http://reason.org/news/show/reason-saves-cleveland-episode-3
Why, What, & How to Privatize City Services
Louisiana Announces Privatization of Insurance Program
Small Business Gets Well Deserved Victory
Sen. Reid JOBS Amendment, February 12, 2010
OFPP Nominee Statement before Senate Confirmation Hearing
Health-Care Anger Has Deeper Roots - The Wall Street Journal, Janet Adamy and Jonathan Weisman, September 1, 2009
Obama cuts pay raises for federal workers - The Hill, Sam Youngman, August 31, 2009
Postal Service-Style Health Care - Atlas Society, Edward Hudgins, August 14, 2009
"Death of Small Business in America" FOX News, Glenn Beck Special, August 17, 2009.
Bi-Partisan Members of Subcommittee Seek Private Sector for Satellite Imagery the Department of Defense Demands Government Executive, June 21, 2009
S. 1390 - Defense Authorization - temporarily suspends A-76 within DoD - Section 323
Section 323 Temporary Susension of Authority for Public-Private Competitions
(a) Temporary Suspension- During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the certification described in subsection (b), no study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any function of the Department of Defense performed by civilian employees may be begun or announced pursuant to section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, or any other authority.
(b) Certification- The certification described in this subsection is a certification that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense has completed and submitted to Congress a complete inventory of contracts for services for or on behalf of the Department of Defense in compliance with the requirements of subsection (c) of section 2330a of title 10, United States Code; and
(2) the Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency responsible for activities in the inventory is in compliance with the review and planning requirements of subsection (e) of such section.
Manufacturing Stabilizes, but Labor Market Is Still Weak - The Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2009
ADP Estimates U.S. Companies Cut Payrolls by 473,000 - Bloomberg, July 1, 2009
NASA turns to private companies to deliver cargo to space station - McClatchy Newspapers, June 26, 2009
Good Ideas on Government and the Private Sector from Senator Thune BusinessTrends Blog, Raymond J. Keating, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, June 16, 2009
Bill Would Aid Private Firms, Duncan Wants to Give Companies Better Shot at Government Jobs, Knoxville News Sentinel, June 16, 2009
Spending Stimulus Money Takes Money, The Washington Post, June 12, 2009
Pendulum Swings Elizabeth Newell Government Executive Blog, June 4, 2009
Govs. Paterson, Schwarzenegger and Rendell: "The Moment for Public-Private Partnerships Is Now" Leonard Gilroy, The Reason Foundation, June 4, 2009
Schwarzenegger Outlines Need for Privatization, Budget Reform in California Leonard Gilroy, The Reason Foundation, June 2, 2009
Contracting for the common defense James Jay Carafano, The Heritage Foundation, June 2, 2009
NY State Commission, Governor Embrace Privatization for Infrastructure Development Leonard Gilroy, The Reason Foundation, June 2, 2009
Thune seeks to protect private-sector from 'unfair' government competition The Daily Republic, June 3, 2009
Florida Gov. Crist Vetoes Anti-Privatization Bill The Reason Foundation May 28, 2009
ATR Calculates Life Cycle Cost of New Federal Employees Americans For Tax Reform, May 27, 2009
California voters kill budget measures LA Times, May 20, 2009
Schwarzenegger Uses State Land Inventory; Proposes Sale of Properties to Lower Deficit - Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2009
It's A Good Time To Work for Uncle Sam - CBS Blog, ECONWatch, May 11, 2009
Obama Team Outlines Its Management Agenda - Government Executive.com, May 11, 2009
Obama to provide $50 million to nonprofits The White House, May 5
Senate Bill to Gut Federal Contracting -The Reason Foundation, April 29, 2009
Federal Competitive Sourcing Saved Taxpayers $7.2 Over the Last Five Years - The Reason Foundation, April 7, 2009
President Orders Review of Federal Contracting System - The Washington Post, March 5, 2009
A-76
More A-76 Resources
FAIR Act
Memorandum, July 29, 2009 - Managing the Multi-Sector Workforce
President Reagan’s Executive Order on Commercial Activities
Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA)
S. 1167 Introduced by Senator John Thune (SD)
H.R. 2682 Introduced by Representative John J. Duncan, Jr. (TN)
Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA) Section By Section Analysis
Dear Colleague Letter from Senator John Thune (SD)
Dear Colleague Letter from Congressman John "Jimmy" Duncan, Jr. (TN)
Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA) One Pager
Draft Outline of Legislation Restricting Government Contractors from Engaging in Independent Political Expenditures
GAO Terms Related to Privatization Activities and Process
Florida
Council on Efficient Government
Maine
Advisory Committee on Fair Competition with Private Enterprise
Resolution Standing up Advisory Committee on Fair Competition
North Carolina
The Umsted Act, North Carolina State Law
Utah
Privatization Policy Board
Virginia
The Virginia Government Competition Act of 1995
Arizona SB 1466 - Council on Efficient Government