State and local government procurement and the winter commission
By: POTOSKI, Matthew
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ArticlePublisher: Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, December 2008Public Administration Review - PAR 68, p. 58-69Abstract: The Winter Commission proposed a state and local government procurement reform agenda that placed public managers at the core of a depoliticized, deregulated, and more pragmatic public sector contracting process. Drawing on literature and data from several state and local government surveys. Matthew Potoski of Iowa State University shows how, between 1992 and 2003, state and local governments' contracting practices moved in directions consistent with the commission's reform agenda. Most decentralized and deregulated their contracting processes, outsourced more effectively, and adopted innovative technologies and management practices.
The Winter Commission proposed a state and local government procurement reform agenda that placed public managers at the core of a depoliticized, deregulated, and more pragmatic public sector contracting process. Drawing on literature and data from several state and local government surveys. Matthew Potoski of Iowa State University shows how, between 1992 and 2003, state and local governments' contracting practices moved in directions consistent with the commission's reform agenda. Most decentralized and deregulated their contracting processes, outsourced more effectively, and adopted innovative technologies and management practices.
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