Corporate Interests Pay to Play

Emails Show Bush-Led Organization’s ALEC-Like Role in State Policymaking Read more...

"Floodlights Instead of Flashlights"

New report exposes how Sunshine Laws are out of step with government contracting, leaving the public in the dark Read more...

ITPI Asset Privatization Guide

Our guide outlines key questions to ask about proposed asset privatization deals. Read more...

Keeping Public Libraries Public

The American Library Association recently released a checklist for communities considering the privatization of public libraries. Read more...

ITPI Commentary

Thirty Years of Private Prisons: Nothing to Celebrate!

PRESS CONFERENCE & RALLY FOR AN END TO FOR-PROFIT PRISONS

Tuesday, May 7, 11:30 – 1 p.m.
Outside CCA’s Correctional Treatment Facility
19th Street S.E. between Burke and C Streets, Washington DC

CCA is the oldest for-profit prison company in the nation. JOIN US to tell CCA that 30 years of profiting from human misery is nothing to celebrate!

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Boeing's Dreamliner – A Cautionary Tale for Government Outsourcers

The Boeing Dreamliner 787 will resume flights at the end of this month after being grounded by the FAA in January when the plane’s lithium-ion battery caught fire. Regulators and Boeing are still investigating the source of the problem, looking for a fix and hoping to get the newly designed planes back in the air.

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Case Studies

  • Chicago's Parking Meters

    In 2009, the City of Chicago leased its parking meters to a private firm for 75 years, giving the company rights to all revenue generated by the meters. Parking rates immediately soared and meters malfunctioned, causing an uproar from local residents and businesses.

  • Felton Water System

    Facing repeated rate increases of up to 78%, residents of the small town of Felton, California, organized to buy back their water system from a subsidiary of a huge German corporation.

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