|
 For the past 20 years, Reason's Annual Privatization Report has chronicled and analyzed the most important developments in privatization, outsourcing, and government reform.
This year's 20th anniversary edition of APR recognizes the tremendous advances in government reform over the last two decades and features special contributions by several pioneering policymakers and researchers at the forefront of privatization and government reform, including Margaret Thatcher, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, and Reason founder Robert Poole, Jr.
For the best bimonthly analysis of privatization developments, subscribe to Privatization Watch. And for daily privatization commentary, visit Reason's blog, Out of Control.
Comments? Suggestions? Please send them to us.
| APR Table of Contents |
» Download Full Report (2.2 Mb | .pdf)
» Special Excerpt: Reflections from Pioneers in Government Reform (1.1 Mb | .pdf)
|
» Authors [.pdf]
» Letter from the Editor [.pdf]
» Table of Contents [.pdf]
» Transforming Government Through Privatization [.pdf]
» Introduction
» Privatization in Perspective
» Reflections from Privatization Pioneers (including Margaret Thatcher, Indiana
Gov. Mitch Daniels, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, former Indianapolis
Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, Reason founder Robert Poole Jr., and more)
» Federal Update [.pdf]
» Competitive Sourcing Continues to Expand
» Rating Program Performance
» Senate Budget Committee Approves Major Budget Reform Bill
» Defense Business Board—Military Mail
» Capping Federal Spending
» Local and State Update [.pdf]
» Local Privatization Update
» State Privatization Update
» State Bureaucracy Update
» State Revenue Boom Paves Way for Tax Cuts
» Surveying the Battleground on Tax and Expenditure Limits (TELs)
» TABOR at the Ballot Box
» Trends in Government Offshoring
» Surface Transportation [.pdf]
» Why Mobility Matters
» Reason's Mobility Project
» Surface Transportation Update
» The Many Benefits of Telecommuting
» A Cautionary View on Importing London-Style Congestion Pricing
» Virtual Exclusive Busways: Houston Leads the Way
» Air Transportation [.pdf]
» U.S. Airport Security
» U.S. Airport Privatization
» Global Airport Privatization
» U.S. Air Traffic Control
» Air Traffic Control Commercialization Policy: Has It Been Effective?
» Education and Child Welfare [.pdf]
» Charter Schools Lead Grassroots Efforts for Choice
» School Choice Update
» The Case Against Universal Preschool
» Driving More Money into the Classroom: The Benefits of Shared Services
» Child Welfare Update
» Emerging Issues [.pdf]
» Rebuilding After a Disaster: Policy Strategies to Speed Recovery
» Foreign Management of U.S. Infrastructure
» The Government Pension Crisis
» The Truth About Occupational Licensing and Free-Market Alternatives
» Environmental Services & Issues [.pdf]
» Water Privatization Update
» Supreme Court Issues Murky Decision in Wetlands Case
» Telecommunications [.pdf]
» Why Governments Should Stay Out of the Telecom Business
» The Rise and Fall and Rise of Municipal Broadband
» Network Neutrality Update
» Video Franchise Reform Update
» Growth and Land Use [.pdf]
» Eminent Domain Update
» Protecting Landowners From Regulatory Takings
» Do School Impact Fees Make Sense?
» Denver Launches Permit Reform Effort
» Urban Homestead Zones: Privatizing the Inner City?
» Public Health and Safety [.pdf]
» Privatizing Public Hospitals: A Win-Win for Taxpayers and the Poor
» New Prison Cost Comparison Study in Arizona Flawed
» Federal Privatization Study Demonstrates Privatization Success
» Texas Axes Criminal Justice Policy Council, Comparison Continues
» Book Review: Merchandising Prisoners—Who Really Pays for Prison Privatization?
|
|
» return to top
|
| Related Documents |
Related Reason Research
» Is Universal Preschool Beneficial? An Assessment of RAND Corporation's Analysis and the Proposals for California
» Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers
» Statewide Regulatory Takings Reform: Exporting Oregon's Measure 37 to Other States
» Adding FAST Lanes to Milwaukee's Freeways: Congestion Relief, Improved Transit, and Help with Funding Reconstruction
» The Case Against Universal Preschool in California
» Airport Security: Time for a New Model
» The Quiet Success: Telecommuting's Impact on Transportation and Beyond
» Privatizing Public Hospitals: A Win-Win for Taxpayers and the Poor
» Driving More Money into the Classroom: The Promise of Shared Services
» The Sky Isn't Falling in Colorado: Proven Strategies for Budget Reconciliation
» Virtual Exclusive Busways: Improving Urban Transit While Relieving Congestion
» The Gathering Pension Storm: How Government Pension Plans are Breaking the Bank and Strategies for Reform
» Reason's Privatization and Government Reform Studies
» All Reason Policy Studies
|
Previous Annual Privatization Reports
» 2005
» 2004
|
|
» return to top
|
| Credits |
Editor |
| » Leonard C. Gilroy |
Principal Authors |
» Ted Balaker
» Shikha Dalmia
» Leonard C. Gilroy
» Adrian T. Moore
» Amy Pelletier
» Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Geoffrey Segal
» Lisa Snell
» Samuel Staley
» Adam B. Summers
» Steven Titch
|
Contributing Authors |
» Baroness Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from 1979-1990.
» The Honorable Mark Sanford is the governor of South Carolina.
» The Honorable Mitchell E. Daniels is the governor of Indiana.
» The Honorable Stephen Goldsmith is the former mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana and a professor of government at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
» John Blundell is the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs in London.
» Paul Doucette is the executive director of the Association of Private Correctional & Treatment Organizations.
» Chris Edwards is the director of Tax Policy Studies at the Cato Institute.
» William D. Eggers is the global director for Deloitte Research—Public Sector.
» Roger D. Feldman is a partner in the law firm of Bingham McCutchen LLP in
Washington, D.C..
» Lawrence L. Martin, Ph.D. is a professor and director of the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.
» Glen McDougall is a senior research fellow at the School of Public Policy,
George Mason University and president of mbs ottawa inc. in Canada.
» Dr. Francois Melese is a professor of economics at the Defense Resources
Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
» Grover Norquist is the president of Americans for Tax Reform.
» Barry W. Poulson, Ph.D. is a professor of economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
» E. S. Savas is a professor of public affairs in Baruch College of the City University of New York
» Ronald Utt is a senior research fellow for the Thomas A. Roe Institute for
Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
|
Reason's Vice President of Research |
| » Adrian T. Moore
|
Media Contact |
» Chris Mitchell
(310) 367-6109
|
|
» return to top
|
|
3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd.