ITPI Resources and Publications

Backgrounder Brief: Insourcing

5/22/2013

This backgrounder brief provides examples of cases where, when cost savings aren't realized or service quality declines, many governmental entities are turning to reverse privatization, or "insourcing," to bring contracted functions back in-house. It explains the benefits of insourcing for the general public interest and addresses examples from multiple levels of government across a wide array of sectors including corrections, water, IT services, and more. It includes an appendix with more examples.

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Essential Public Interest Protections for Prison Privatization Contracts

10/30/2012

This report includes a list of public protections that should be included in contracts when a state considers prison privatization. It examines crucial issues where a private company may have different goals and priorities than the public including costs, safety and monitoring, other services, non-compliance, contract cancellation, and transparency.

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Profiting from Public Dollars: How ALEC and Its Members Promote Privatization of Government Services and Assets

9/12/2012

This report exposes ALEC's extensive privatization agenda by identifying ALEC model bills that promote the handing over of public services and assets to corporations, matching those model bills with related state legislation, drawing connections between those bills and lawmakers that are members of ALEC, and focusing on what ALEC corporate members stand to gain by promoting these laws.

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Backgrounder Brief: Profiting from Public Dollars - ALEC’s Privatization Agenda

7/20/2012

This backgrounder brief explores ALEC's privatization agenda in a variety of sectors with a particular focus on what its corporate members stand to gain from increased privatization. It also provides summary highlights from In The Public Interest's forthcoming report, "Profiting from Public Dollars: How ALEC and its members promote privatization of government services and assets."

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ITPI Testimony Before The House Government Efficiency and Reform Committee and The House Committee on State Affairs

7/11/2012

This is legislative testimony of Shar Habibi, Resource Center Director, In The Public Interest Before The House Government Efficiency and Reform Committee and The House Committee on State Affairs regarding responsible contracting recommendations.

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Ask the Right Questions Before Privatizing

6/1/2012

Public officials, advocates and the media should ask these simple ten questions --- and get the answers --- before any final privatization decision. It's a test to see if these deals will help, or hurt, the public interest.

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ALEC Supporters Dodging State Taxes

4/18/2012

Last month Citizens for Tax Justice released a report, "Corporate Tax Dodging in the Fifty States, 2008 - 2010." The report identified sixty-eight large corporations that paid no state income taxes in at least one of those three years despite booking billions in profits in those years.
In the Public Interest matched that list with ALEC's corporate donors. Of those sixty-eight corporations that paid no taxes, thirty-three have a history of supporting ALEC.

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Telebriefing for "Floodlights Instead of Flashlights"

3/14/2012
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Floodlights Instead of Flashlights: Sunshine Laws Out of Step with Government Contracting Leaves Public and Lawmakers in the Dark (Full Report)

3/14/2012

Floodlights Instead of Flashlights explores the real-world consequences of privatization on government transparency and the public's access to information. Our research shows that the increasing use of government contractors to perform public functions is limiting our ability to acquire important public information. This disturbing trend is occurring at all levels of government.

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Muncipal Services Backgrounder Brief

6/15/2011

This backgrounder brief explores problems related to the privatization of municipal services, and provides examples of experiences from cities around the country that have considered or have privatized critical services. Specifically, this brief examines privatization in the following areas: park maintenance, street maintenance, garbage collection, building inspection, information technology, printing services, and "contract cities."

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