The articles below are some privatization news highlights from the last week that haven’t been covered elsewhere on the blog:
FEDERAL
- “OMB instructs agencies to save $40 billion annually by streamlining acquisitions,” Government Executive
- “OMB Moves to Cut Outside Contractors,” Washington Post
STATE & LOCAL:
- “Jindal touts privatizing as solution,” The Advocate
- “Ind. budget panel to look into welfare contract,” Chicago Tribune
- “Oklahoma (private) prisons to take other states’ maximum-security inmates,” The Oklahoman
- “Seminole libraries won’t go private,” Orlando Sentinel
- “Novato Sanitary forges ahead on privatization plans,” Contra Costa Times
- “How to Privatize the Fire Department,” Daily Kos
- “Oakland County (MI) approves worker verification system,” Detroit Free Press
- “Redding council appoints privatization committee,” Record-Searchlight
INTERNATIONAL:
- “Iraq starts privatization drive, but progress slow,” Reuters
- “Korea Development Bank to Be Split into 3 Parts for Privatization,” The Chosun Ilbo
- “Tube signalling contract out to tender,” Building
- “(Iran) Petrochemical industry to be fully privatized,” Tehran Times
- “China goes farther on privatizing state-owned performing groups,” Xinhua
- “Wholesale Electricity Spot Market,” The Manilla Times
- “Paraguay May Privatize Petropar, INC,” Tulsa World
Ã?” Reason Foundation’s Privatization Research and Commentary