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Leonard Gilroy

Director of Government Reform
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Leonard Gilroy is the Director of Government Reform at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. Gilroy researches privatization, government reform, fiscal, transportation, infrastructure and urban policy issues.
Gilroy has a diversified background in policy research and implementation, with particular emphases on public-private partnerships, competition, government efficiency, transparency, accountability, and government performance. Gilroy has worked closely with legislators and elected officials in Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Jersey, Utah, Virginia, California and several other states and local governments in efforts to design and implement market-based policy approaches, improve government performance, enhance accountability in government programs, and reduce government spending.
In 2010 and 2011, Gilroy served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Arizona Commission on Privatization and Efficiency, and in 2010 he served as an advisor to the New Jersey Privatization Task Force, created by Gov. Chris Christie.
Gilroy is the editor of the widely-read Annual Privatization Report, which examines trends and chronicles the experiences of local, state, and federal governments in bringing competition to public services. Gilroy also edits Reason's annual Innovators in Action report, which profiles public sector innovators in their own words, including former U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani and more.
Gilroy's articles have been featured in such leading publications as The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Weekly Standard, Washington Times, Houston Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Arizona Republic, San Francisco Examiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sacramento Bee and The Salt Lake Tribune. He has also appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business, CNBC, National Public Radio and other media outlets.
Prior to joining Reason, Gilroy was a senior planner at a Louisiana-based urban planning consulting firm. He also worked as a research assistant at the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at Virginia Tech. Gilroy earned a B.A. and M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech.
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- 2010 Highlights in Local Government Privatization
Reviewing privatization highlights in parking assets, zoos, libraries and animal shelters
Leonard Gilroy
January 5, 2011 - Corrections 2.0: A Proposal to Create a Continuum of Care in Corrections through Public-Private Partnerships
Improving performance and reducing recidivism through PPPs
Leonard Gilroy and Adrian Moore
January 3, 2011 - The Tao of the Federal Pay Freeze
Leonard Gilroy
December 3, 2010, 11:26am - Debunking PIRG's New Report on Indy's Parking Meter Lease
Leonard Gilroy
November 9, 2010, 3:47pm - PIRG Report Distorts Proposed Indy Parking Meter Lease
PIRG report ignores facts, offers litany of myths and errors on proposed lease
Leonard Gilroy
November 9, 2010 - Election Night a Mixed Bag for ABC Privatization
Washington State ballot measures fail, but Pennsylvania elects pro-privatization governor
Leonard Gilroy
November 5, 2010 - Arizona Voters Support Health Care Freedom; Reject Affirmative Action, Card Check and more
Leonard Gilroy
November 3, 2010, 1:12am - Reform, Transportation Trump Revenue-Neutrality in Virginia ABC Privatization Plan
Leonard Gilroy
October 8, 2010, 5:00am - Reform, Transportation Trump Revenue-Neutrality: The Rationale for ABC Privatization, Part 2
Streamlining the state, investing in needed transportation should be the focus, not revenue-neutrality
Leonard Gilroy
October 7, 2010 - Utah Report Gets it Wrong on Hospital Privatization
Despite finding cost savings and expanded care through privatization, report relies on faulty logic to recommend against it
Leonard Gilroy
September 10, 2010 - Divesting Virginia’s Liquid Assets: The Rationale for ABC Privatization, Part 1
Virginia doesn't need a "public option" in liquor
Leonard Gilroy
August 19, 2010 - Where Did the Money Go? An Analysis of Spending and Revenue in Nebraska and Surrounding States, 2002-2008
Adam Summers, Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell
August 3, 2010 - NJ Privatization Task Force Report Offers Reform Roadmap, Over $210 Million in Annual Savings
Leonard Gilroy
July 9, 2010, 11:06am - Ten Principles of Privatization
Best practices in privatization to lower the costs of government
Leonard Gilroy and Adrian Moore
July 9, 2010 - Private Prisons a Smart Strategy for Kentucky
Letter to the Editor submitted to the Louisville Courier-Journal
Leonard Gilroy
July 8, 2010 - Reason's Len Gilroy on State Workers Comp Privatization at Governing.com
Leonard Gilroy
June 25, 2010, 4:48pm - What Do Greece, California, Portugal and Illinois Have in Common?
Leonard Gilroy
June 24, 2010, 4:52pm - Taking State Parks off the State's Books, Part 2
Do we need a public sector monopoly on the operation of public lands?
Leonard Gilroy
June 24, 2010 - Amid Fiscal Pressures, States Move to Privatize Workers Compensation Programs
Several states aiming to get government out of the workers compensation insurance business
Leonard Gilroy
June 21, 2010 - Pennsylvania Needs to "Man Up" on Asset Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
June 14, 2010, 2:07pm - Louisiana Legislature Considering Anti-Privatization Bills, Part 2: Psychiatric Hospital Edition
Leonard Gilroy
May 28, 2010, 2:07pm - Costco Steps Up for Liquor Privatization in WA State
Leonard Gilroy
May 26, 2010, 6:20pm - Talking Trash: Memphis Union Holds Anti-Privatization Town Hall, But Fed-up Attendees Say "Privatize It"
Leonard Gilroy
May 26, 2010, 5:10pm - Public Safety Outsourcing Benefiting Cities
Leonard Gilroy
May 25, 2010, 4:56pm - Arizona Privatizing State Workers Compensation Fund
Leonard Gilroy
May 24, 2010, 8:07pm - Louisiana Legislature Considering Anti-Privatization Bills that Would Grow Government & Hurt Private Jobs, Part 1
Leonard Gilroy
May 21, 2010, 6:40pm - This Land is Your Land; This Land is My Land
Why do the feds spend so much to make our Western wilderness theirs?
Leonard Gilroy
April 26, 2010 - Health Care Reform to Bend the Cost Curve Down? Medicare Actuary Says No.
Leonard Gilroy
April 23, 2010, 10:17am - Taking State Parks off the State's Books
Tap the private sector to take over operations, management of state parks
Leonard Gilroy
April 14, 2010 - Cutting Prison Costs in California
Leonard Gilroy
April 9, 2010, 12:27pm - Cutting Costs for State's Prisons
Transferring 25,000 inmates to out-of-state private prisons would save California $1.8 billion over five years
Jon Coupal and Leonard Gilroy
April 7, 2010 - Public-Private Partnerships for Corrections in California
Bridging the gap between crisis and reform
Leonard Gilroy, Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Harris Kenny
April 1, 2010 - Privatization of Printing Services Jammed in Washington State
Leonard Gilroy
March 30, 2010, 1:10pm - Louisiana Announces Privatization of Insurance Program
Leonard Gilroy
March 16, 2010, 6:59pm - Local Government Privatization 101
Separating fact from fiction, privatization trends and the services that should be privatized
Policy Brief 89
Leonard Gilroy
March 16, 2010 - Ten Privatization Opportunities for Cleveland
Hopkins Airport, parking facilities and solid waste operations are prime privatization candidates
Policy Brief 88
Leonard Gilroy
March 16, 2010 - NJ Gov. Chris Christie Creates Privatization Commission
Leonard Gilroy
March 11, 2010, 4:19pm - Video: CNBC's Power Lunch on Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
March 11, 2010, 2:41pm - Tales of the Absurd: Minnesota Public Employee Union Says 'We'll Embrace Change if You Protect Our Jobs"
Leonard Gilroy
March 11, 2010, 12:44pm - Philadelphia Needs Competition for Waste Collection
Leonard Gilroy
March 9, 2010, 4:36pm - Privatization Saving Puppies, Hungry D.C. Pols, and Libyan Camel Breeding
Leonard Gilroy
March 8, 2010, 12:15pm - Amid Illinois' Fiscal Woes, Chicago Proves Tax Hikes and Service Cuts Aren't the Only Option
Leonard Gilroy
March 5, 2010, 6:30pm - Chicago's Use of Asset Lease Proceeds: A Clarification
Leonard Gilroy
February 26, 2010, 11:42am - Paris to Rebuild Zoo through $181 Million Public-Private Partnership
Leonard Gilroy
February 25, 2010, 8:36pm - Detroit Public Schools To Privatize Bus Services
Leonard Gilroy
February 25, 2010, 4:35pm - Printing Isn't a Core Government Function, So Just Privatize It Already
Leonard Gilroy
February 25, 2010, 3:18pm - Private Sector Can Rescue State Parks Headed for Closure
Leonard Gilroy
February 24, 2010, 4:24pm - Former NM Gov. Gary Johnson on Competitive Contracting in Corrections
Leonard Gilroy
February 20, 2010, 2:06pm - Five No-Brainer Cost Saving Ideas for Government
Leonard Gilroy
February 19, 2010, 7:28pm - Engaging the Private Sector on Government Procurement
Leonard Gilroy
February 18, 2010, 6:58pm
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