Texas
Useful Websites:
- Window on State Government Vendor Search
- Texas Legislative Budget Board Contract Database
- Grassroots Leadership runs a blog about issues related to private prisons in Texas: Texas Prison Bid'ness
DPS outsourced border security to private firm via no-bid contracts
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3/15/2012 Editorial: People still must fight for open government
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3/11/2012 Growth of large private water companies brings higher water rates, little recourse for consumers
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1/20/2012 Ernst & Young tapped to review courthouse proposals
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12/21/2011 El Paso City Council looks at privatizing Sun Metro bus service
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12/11/2011 State struggled to assess contractor's bills
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11/14/2011 Senators grill former official about genesis of HNTB disaster relief contract
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11/2/2011 Lawmakers back away from public-private partnership process
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10/11/2011 Texans remain vigilant against Interstate 69
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10/8/2011
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http://www.bloomingtonalternative.com/node/10781 
