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• New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in Local Government Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 6, 2013, 4:25pm
• New at Reason: Privatization Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 6, 2013, 3:55pm
• New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in Education Reform and School Choice
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 29, 2013, 9:00am
• New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in State Government Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 22, 2013, 1:43pm
• New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in Federal Government Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 15, 2013, 3:47pm
• New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, Infrastructure Finance
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 8, 2013, 9:00am
• Privatization Proposed for Micke Grove Zoo in San Joaquin County, CA
  Harris Kenny
  May 29, 2012, 7:00am
• Private Screening Could Solve TSA Theft Issues
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  May 9, 2012, 1:36pm
• Much of the Capital in PPPs Comes from American Sources
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  May 4, 2012, 6:00am
• APR 2011: Corrections and Public Safety
  Harris Kenny
  May 2, 2012, 5:35pm
• Chicago, Los Angeles, Tulsa and Jacksonville and Other Local Governments Turning to Privatization
  Harris Kenny
  April 30, 2012, 7:20pm
• The Year 2011 in Surface Transportation and Aviation Privatization
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  April 26, 2012, 10:53am
• Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government in 2011
  Harris Kenny
  April 25, 2012, 12:00am
• New at Reason: Review of Federal Privatization Issues in 2011 and Today
  Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
  April 23, 2012, 11:59pm
• New at Reason: Annual Privatization Report 2011
  Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
  April 23, 2012, 11:58pm
• 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: Review of Local Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today
  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

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