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Annual Privatization Report 
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Reason Writers Around Town: Room for Debate on Privatization
April 4, 2011, 2:19pmThe New York Times' Room for Debate blog features Reason's Leonard Gilroy in their latest discussion topic: "Is Privatization a Bad Deal for Cities and States? To save money, New York is turning the clock back on outsourcing by replacing private contractors with city workers."
2010 Highlights in State Government Privatization
Reviewing privatization highlights in lotteries, child welfare, social infrastructure and more
March 23, 2011It's clear that states' current fiscal malaise is prompting policymakers of all political stripes to either explore or implement privatization initiatives across a broad swath of services, including lottery management, child welfare services, social infrastructure and more.
The Year 2010 in Corrections Public-Private Partnerships
Corrections Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
March 10, 2011This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2010 provides an overview of the latest news and trends in corrections public-private partnerships (PPPs). Topics include:
- Corrections PPPs in 2010
- Corrections PPPs Bring Savings in Texas, Florida
- State Spotlight: Arizona
- State Spotlight: California
- State Spotlight: Florida
- Leveraging the Power of PPPs in Correctional Rehabilitation
- Corrections 2.0: A Proposal to Create a Continuum of Care in Corrections through Public-Private Partnerships
The Year 2010 in Water & Wastewater Public-Private Partnerships
Water and Wastewater Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
March 10, 2011Bill Gates on State Budgets, Entitlement Spending and Education Cuts
March 7, 2011, 11:00pmMicrosoft-founder Bill Gates recently delivered a presentation entitled “How State Budgets are Breaking US Schools” at a TED Event in Southern California. Gates’ main argument is that, “state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits – with the financing of education at the losing end.”
New at Reason: Local Government Privatization in 2010
February 25, 2011, 5:23pmThe rollout of Reason Foundation’s Annual Privatization Report 2010 continues with the release of the Local Government Privatization section, authored by Reason’s Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Samuel Staley and Adam Summers.
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- Reason Writers Around Town: Room for Debate on Privatization
April 4, 2011, 2:19pm - Bill Gates on State Budgets, Entitlement Spending and Education Cuts
Harris Kenny
March 7, 2011, 11:00pm - New at Reason: Local Government Privatization in 2010
Harris Kenny
February 25, 2011, 5:23pm - New at Reason: Review of State Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today
Harris Kenny
February 18, 2011, 3:48pm - New at Reason: Review of Federal Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today
Adam Summers
February 16, 2011, 3:04pm - New at Reason: The Year 2010 in Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, Infrastructure Finance
Leonard Gilroy
February 11, 2011, 7:51pm - New at Reason: Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy
February 10, 2011, 3:32pm - Innovators in Action 2009
Leonard Gilroy
January 29, 2010, 4:22pm - Privatization News Roundup, Dec. 21, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
December 21, 2009, 2:34pm - Chicago CFO Gene Saffold Addresses Critics, Discusses Benefits of Parking Meter Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
December 11, 2009, 4:48pm - Privatization News Roundup, Dec. 11, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
December 11, 2009, 4:40pm - Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 24, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
November 24, 2009, 1:58pm - Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 13, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
November 13, 2009, 8:12am - Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 5, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
November 5, 2009, 4:45pm - Georgia Contract Cities Update
Leonard Gilroy
September 10, 2009, 6:46pm - Privatization News Roundup, 8/21/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 21, 2009, 3:53pm - Streamlining Government vs. Expanding It
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2009, 4:47pm - Want a Real Stimulus? Privatize.
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2009, 4:24pm - Broadband Stimulus Deadline Extended Amid Clogged Servers and Confusion
Steven Titch
August 13, 2009, 5:01pm - New at Reason: Time to Step It Up on Privatization in Virginia
Leonard Gilroy
August 11, 2009, 2:10pm - Panama Canal Expansion and Port Privatization
Shirley Ybarra
August 9, 2009, 2:37pm - Oklahoma Should Look to West Virginia on Workers' Compensation Insurance Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2009, 6:04pm - Virginia Unnecessarily Mingles Politics and IT
Steven Titch
August 6, 2009, 4:29pm - Annual Privatization Report Examines Latest Trends At All Levels of Government
August 6, 2009, 11:15am - Will DoD ever learn to do contracting right?
Adrian Moore
February 2, 2009, 11:13am - Privatization Roundup, 2/2/2009
Leonard Gilroy
February 1, 2009, 4:49pm - Even with special powers, you have to get the contract right
Adrian Moore
February 1, 2009, 6:58am - The Chicken-and-the-Egg Problem
Steven Titch
January 29, 2009, 1:43pm - Private sector brings infrastructure projects in on time and under budget
Samuel Staley
January 5, 2009, 8:10am - State Asset Inventories, Divestiture are Key Reform Tools
Leonard Gilroy
January 4, 2009, 1:36pm - India's Private Education Boom
Adam Summers
December 30, 2008, 10:24pm - Chicago parking privatization
Adrian Moore
December 25, 2008, 11:09am - L.A. City Controller Urges Broad Privatization Agenda to Shore Up Fiscal Health
Leonard Gilroy
December 22, 2008, 12:51pm - Privatization Roundup, 12/18/2008
Leonard Gilroy
December 17, 2008, 4:43am - Obama's drive toward auto-industry nationalization
Samuel Staley
December 8, 2008, 5:45pm - Obamaís Broadband Infrastructure Initiative
Steven Titch
December 8, 2008, 10:01am - Daley Announces Winning $1.1 Billion Bid for Chicago Parking Meter System
Leonard Gilroy
December 1, 2008, 3:20pm - Dunwoody, GA: Day One
Leonard Gilroy
November 30, 2008, 11:52am - Chicago Leads the Way on Local Government Privatization
Chris Mitchell
November 19, 2008, 9:49am - Are Recycling, Garbage Next on Chicago's Privatization Radar?
Leonard Gilroy
November 13, 2008, 9:35am - Gov. Daniels Wins Second Term in Indiana
Leonard Gilroy
November 3, 2008, 5:32pm - NYC Pension Funds Eye Infrastructure Investment
Leonard Gilroy
November 3, 2008, 1:05pm - Port Privatization Schizophrenia
Leonard Gilroy
November 3, 2008, 12:13am - Brooklyn Public Library Contracts with UPS for Internal Delivery Services
Leonard Gilroy
November 2, 2008, 12:35pm - 2008 National Council for Public-Private Partnerships Awards
Anthony Randazzo
November 2, 2008, 11:01am - French Unions, Companies Strike Deal to Advance Privatization of Seven Ports
Leonard Gilroy
October 30, 2008, 1:48pm - State Budget Outlook Worsening
Leonard Gilroy
October 30, 2008, 8:56am - Bush admin's half-assed approach to privatization
Adrian Moore
October 28, 2008, 1:10pm - Privatization Roundup, 10/29/2008
Leonard Gilroy
October 28, 2008, 12:11pm - Ohio to Privatize Management of State Accounting and Payroll System
Leonard Gilroy
October 28, 2008, 1:03am - DC, Georgia Pursue Privatization of Mental Health Facilities
Leonard Gilroy
October 27, 2008, 5:52pm - Nevada Exploring Privatization of State Mail Services
Leonard Gilroy
October 27, 2008, 5:18pm - ICMA Video: "Creative Government in Sandy Springs"
Leonard Gilroy
October 27, 2008, 1:41pm - USDOJ Opinion a Setback to State Lottery Privatization, Daniels Drops Plan
Leonard Gilroy
October 23, 2008, 5:12pm - ìPerfect Stormî Could Accelerate Privatization Trends
Leonard Gilroy
October 23, 2008, 4:46pm - National Parks, Privatization, and Cappuccino
Leonard Gilroy
October 22, 2008, 12:19am - The Right Way to Sell the Roads
Chris Mitchell
October 20, 2008, 10:36am - Dunwoody, Three Months Old, Already at a Crossroads
Leonard Gilroy
October 12, 2008, 7:16pm - Two Firms Drop From Georgia IT Modernization Bidding
Leonard Gilroy
October 7, 2008, 10:26pm - King County (WA) to Privatize Animal Shelter
Leonard Gilroy
October 4, 2008, 11:23pm - Hey, Big Spenders
Leonard Gilroy
October 3, 2008, 2:01pm - Who Really Killed the Bridge to Nowhere?
Leonard Gilroy
September 29, 2008, 5:37pm - New York Gov. Paterson Creates Commission to Study Leasing State Assets
Leonard Gilroy
September 29, 2008, 3:11pm - Final Stretch of US Army Housing Privatization Begins
Leonard Gilroy
September 25, 2008, 8:52am - New at Reason: Innovators in Action 2008
Leonard Gilroy
September 24, 2008, 10:42am - Alberta Announces Major School P3 Project
Leonard Gilroy
September 21, 2008, 3:58pm - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Were Never Privatized
Chris Mitchell
September 17, 2008, 1:11pm - "You're Either for Taxpayers or You're Not"
Leonard Gilroy
September 16, 2008, 11:23pm - "The Freer the Markets, the Better the Booze"
Leonard Gilroy
September 15, 2008, 12:40pm - Revisionist History in Florida Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
September 15, 2008, 12:16am - Illinois Lottery Privatization Jumps Legislative Hurdles
Leonard Gilroy
September 10, 2008, 8:40am - Akron Voters to Decide Fate of Wastewater Privatization Plan
Leonard Gilroy
September 9, 2008, 1:42pm - Will Illinois Take the Lead on Lottery Privatization?
Leonard Gilroy
September 8, 2008, 3:27pm - Should Public Employees Fear Privatization and PPPs?
Leonard Gilroy
September 7, 2008, 3:01pm - Philadelphia privatizes sludge
Anthony Randazzo
September 4, 2008, 2:20pm - China, foreign nations, lead private transport financing
Samuel Staley
September 3, 2008, 9:07am - Michigan Hiring Privatization Consultant
Leonard Gilroy
September 2, 2008, 1:49pm - Cali Approves PPP For New Long Beach Courthouse
Leonard Gilroy
September 2, 2008, 12:10pm - Perdue Transforming Georgia's IT Services Through Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
September 2, 2008, 6:05am - ...and Privatization: Alaska-Style
Leonard Gilroy
August 28, 2008, 4:18pm - Asset Divestiture, Alaska-Style
Leonard Gilroy
August 28, 2008, 3:40pm - Privatization Success in West Virginia: Workers Comp Insurance
Leonard Gilroy
August 28, 2008, 1:36pm - Indy Star: Toll Road Lease a "Smart Move"
Leonard Gilroy
August 28, 2008, 8:48am - San Diego Suffers Setback in Privatization Efforts
Adam Summers
August 27, 2008, 2:47pm - Politicizing Privatization in Indiana
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2008, 3:27pm - Managed Competition Moving ForwardóSlowlyóin San Diego
Adam Summers
August 19, 2008, 3:06pm - Ticketing the city: Atlanta's parking too long
Anthony Randazzo
August 18, 2008, 9:50am - Emerging Market for Port Privatization Catching Policymaker Interest
Leonard Gilroy
August 17, 2008, 11:40am - Chicago Continues Asset Privatization Push
Leonard Gilroy
August 13, 2008, 5:33pm - Lottery Privatization Back on the Table in Illinois
Leonard Gilroy
August 13, 2008, 3:03pm - Lottery Privatization Still on the Table in Indiana
Leonard Gilroy
August 12, 2008, 10:36am - State Contracting on the Rise in Florida
Leonard Gilroy
August 11, 2008, 2:31pm - State Lottery Privatization Update
Leonard Gilroy
August 10, 2008, 11:58am - Sad state of affairs
Anthony Randazzo
August 10, 2008, 8:04am - Utah Strengthens State Privatization Board
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2008, 11:57am - Reason's Annual Privatization Report 2008 Released
Leonard Gilroy
August 6, 2008, 2:17pm - NPR: Prospects for Private Prisons Look Good
Leonard Gilroy
August 6, 2008, 9:58am - South Korea's ambitious privatization plan
Anthony Randazzo
August 4, 2008, 2:46pm - Info on Contracting Out Auditing Services
Adam Summers
July 15, 2008, 5:20pm - Congressional Dems abhor competition
Adrian Moore
June 8, 2008, 10:28am - Arizona Starts to Tackle Job Licensing Laws
Chris Mitchell
May 8, 2008, 9:42am - Farm Bill's Anti-Privatization Provisions Stripped
Leonard Gilroy
May 5, 2008, 3:29pm - Atlanta Considering Privatization for Parking Services
Leonard Gilroy
May 1, 2008, 10:36am - Meet Oliver Porter,The Father of Cities
Leonard Gilroy
May 1, 2008, 9:50am - Privatizing oil companies
Adrian Moore
April 4, 2008, 5:49am - Ports Infrastructure ó A New Frontier for Public-Private Ventures?
Adrian Moore
December 31, 2007, 9:54pm - Private TSA screeners whoop government screeners
Samuel Staley
October 17, 2007, 8:18am - Privatize University of CA
Adrian Moore
September 30, 2007, 8:24pm - CNBC: America's Infrastructure
Geoffrey Segal
August 2, 2007, 3:34pm - The Politics of Disaster
Geoffrey Segal
August 1, 2007, 3:42pm - Exploring Private Prisons
Geoffrey Segal
August 1, 2007, 6:00am - Farm Bill, Privatization and Union Dues
Geoffrey Segal
July 28, 2007, 6:55am - Man With Almost No Brain Led Normal Life As Civil Servant
Amanda K. Hydro
July 25, 2007, 5:42am - Middle Class Welfare
Geoffrey Segal
July 18, 2007, 2:35pm - Postal Privatization: Alive and Well...
Geoffrey Segal
July 15, 2007, 5:42am - Daniels, Privatizaiton, and Reelection
Geoffrey Segal
July 15, 2007, 5:18am - Governors take aim at Congress and PPPs
Samuel Staley
July 5, 2007, 12:14pm - Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Privatization
Geoffrey Segal
July 4, 2007, 12:22pm - The Good, the Bad, and the Sicko
Alex McCorbin
June 20, 2007, 9:49pm - "Our Members Come First"
Geoffrey Segal
June 19, 2007, 1:34pm - Add Massachusetts to the List...
Geoffrey Segal
June 13, 2007, 8:20am - When Did Profit Become a Bad Word?
Geoffrey Segal
June 12, 2007, 5:36am - Getting the State Out of the Liquor Business
Geoffrey Segal
June 11, 2007, 5:49am - Looks Like I Called This One Right
Adrian Moore
January 10, 2007, 7:50am - Whatís Mexico to do?
Ted Balaker
December 3, 2006, 6:57pm - Crowding out compassion
Ted Balaker
December 3, 2006, 6:54pm - Privatization Prevents Tax Hike
Geoffrey Segal
November 29, 2006, 5:51am - Talk of selling water system in Detroit
Ted Balaker
October 12, 2006, 10:41am - Peek inside SpaceShipTwo
Ted Balaker
September 27, 2006, 2:43pm - Reason's Annual Privatization Report 2006 - 20th Anniversary Edition
Leonard Gilroy
July 25, 2006, 10:25am - Iran Launches Major Privatization Initiative
Leonard Gilroy
July 4, 2006, 9:31am - World Bank out ahead of US
Adrian Moore
June 23, 2006, 6:14pm - Privatization and accountability--Feds need work
Adrian Moore
June 21, 2006, 9:44am - A Big Step for Privatization
Geoffrey Segal
June 5, 2006, 7:14am - Midway Airport Privatization Generating Interest
Leonard Gilroy
May 29, 2006, 9:12am - Illinois Considers Privatizing Toll Road System
Leonard Gilroy
May 29, 2006, 9:06am - That's HOT
Julie Kesselman
May 14, 2006, 6:53am - Putting Ideology over Good Policy
Geoffrey Segal
May 10, 2006, 6:41am - There's nothing wrong with asking for a little help...
Julie Kesselman
May 4, 2006, 2:34pm - Getting Hosed in Buffalo
Ted Balaker
March 1, 2006, 12:04pm - Major Divestment of Government Land
Geoffrey Segal
February 23, 2006, 7:01am - UK Lessons for Amtrak's unions
Adrian Moore
February 22, 2006, 8:25am - In Praise of Privatization
Adrian Moore
February 18, 2006, 11:47am - Privatized British Rail Leaves Amtrak in the Dust
Leonard Gilroy
February 17, 2006, 11:48am - X Prize Family Gets in on Space Tourism
Ted Balaker
February 16, 2006, 4:23pm - Freedom from Government Competition
Geoffrey Segal
January 21, 2006, 6:26pm - PPP Conference in Chicago
Geoffrey Segal
January 21, 2006, 9:21am - Several Privatization and Cost Cutting Bills Introduced in Virginia
Geoffrey Segal
January 10, 2006, 4:38pm - Pennsylvania County Considers Jail Privatization
Geoffrey Segal
January 1, 2006, 6:16am - New at Reason.org - New Privatization Watch
Reason Editors
December 6, 2005, 12:03pm - School services outsourcing in Michigan
Adrian Moore
November 15, 2005, 5:10am - TX pushing ahead on welfare privatization
Adrian Moore
October 10, 2005, 7:45am - Sell Federal lands for Katrina relief
Adrian Moore
September 22, 2005, 6:17pm - Wal-Mart to the Rescue
Leonard Gilroy
September 6, 2005, 8:08am - Privatization City
Ted Balaker
August 28, 2005, 1:22pm - Privatization, Technology, and Development
Adrian Moore
August 28, 2005, 11:35am - Growing pot not ìinherently governmentalî after all
Ted Balaker
August 25, 2005, 9:17am - SC Port Authority Blocks Port Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 17, 2005, 7:48am - Lebanon PM Calls for Electricity & Telecom Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 14, 2005, 10:04am - Mongolia is BBQing state owned enterprises
Adrian Moore
August 14, 2005, 7:15am - Conn. Governor Vetoes Anti-Privatization Bill
Leonard Gilroy
July 25, 2005, 9:12am - Private Solar Sail Orbiter Launches
Leonard Gilroy
June 20, 2005, 1:14pm - Ray of hope Ö
Ted Balaker
March 13, 2005, 1:47pm - So much in common
Ted Balaker
February 22, 2005, 10:07am - What to do about King/Drew?
Ted Balaker
February 2, 2005, 11:23am - SOTU and Social Security
Ted Balaker
February 2, 2005, 10:25am - Al Jazeera to be privatized?
Ted Balaker
January 31, 2005, 3:17pm - Privatization? No. Grocery bag tax? Smoking ban? Now youíre talking.
Ted Balaker
January 27, 2005, 11:59am - Privatize Social Security?
Ted Balaker
January 18, 2005, 2:29pm - Privatize Fannie and Freddie?
Leonard Gilroy
January 9, 2005, 12:24pm - Loosening the information stranglehold
Adrian Moore
January 9, 2005, 4:33am - New Stuff
Ted Balaker
January 2, 2005, 1:00pm - O'Hare Inks Contract
Geoffrey Segal
December 30, 2004, 6:42am - Sallie Mae Concludes Privatization
Geoffrey Segal
December 28, 2004, 11:40am - Survey Finds Outsourcing Popular in Schools
Geoffrey Segal
December 28, 2004, 7:28am - Not exactly the Christmas spirit
Ted Balaker
December 22, 2004, 12:06pm - Feds Foulup Contracting
Adrian Moore
December 19, 2004, 7:35am - The latest Must Read
Adrian Moore
December 10, 2004, 9:42pm - Big Apple to sell off transit agency properties
Ted Balaker
December 9, 2004, 2:39pm - Fed acquisition reform fight
Adrian Moore
December 8, 2004, 6:33am - Government: Get With the Network
Geoffrey Segal
November 21, 2004, 9:34am - Privatize Elections?
Geoffrey Segal
November 15, 2004, 2:38pm - Brit privatized rail success
Adrian Moore
November 10, 2004, 8:25pm - Chicago Mayor plans for privatization
Adrian Moore
November 7, 2004, 4:08pm - The big picture on privatization
Adrian Moore
September 28, 2004, 3:33pm - Private weather services do what government won't
Adrian Moore
September 20, 2004, 4:29pm - Privatization and accountability
Adrian Moore
September 11, 2004, 12:31pm - Army to Put Halliburton Contract Up for Bids
Adrian Moore
September 6, 2004, 10:28am - Russian Oil Company on the Auction Block
Adrian Moore
August 29, 2004, 6:53am - Happy Anniversary Arnold!
George Passantino
August 5, 2004, 9:16am - French utilities go partially private, unions go completely nuts
Ted Balaker
July 22, 2004, 10:02am - Even the French Are Doing It
Geoffrey Segal
June 29, 2004, 5:48pm - Reagan the Privatizer?
Ted Balaker
June 7, 2004, 10:20am - Remembering Reagan and Privatization
Adrian Moore
June 5, 2004, 10:52am - Schools Fight for Privatization
Geoffrey Segal
May 3, 2004, 8:31pm - Postal Privatization?
Geoffrey Segal
May 1, 2004, 4:03pm - Private Security repelled Iraqi attack
Adrian Moore
April 5, 2004, 1:07pm - Privatizing state park functions
Adrian Moore
March 27, 2004, 12:30pm - A long overdue privatization
Adrian Moore
March 12, 2004, 10:38am - Don't stick your finger in the socket
Adrian Moore
March 10, 2004, 10:05pm - Red Planet "Your Ad Here"
Adrian Moore
February 20, 2004, 11:26pm - Movies and Privatization in Schwarzenegger's Budget
Adrian Moore
January 13, 2004, 8:52am
Annual Privatization Report Blog
- Reason Writers Around Town: Room for Debate on Privatization (4/4)
- 2010 Highlights in State Government Privatization (3/23)
- The Year 2010 in Corrections Public-Private Partnerships (3/10)
- The Year 2010 in Water & Wastewater Public-Private Partnerships (3/10)
- Bill Gates on State Budgets, Entitlement Spending and Education Cuts (3/7)
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