UMaine Labor Bureau Updates Review of Privatization Pitfalls
Source: University of Maine news release, March 25, 2008
A newly released briefing paper by the University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education on the pitfalls and problems that can occur when privatizing certain state, municipal or institutional services, concludes that the practice remains risky and problematic.
The paper, "Privatization Pitfalls Update, 2008," (.pdf) brings up to date an analysis of contracting out certain government or institutional services that was originally done in 1998.
....... The bureau draws examples from a variety of sources, including the U.S. General Accounting Office, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, previous UMaine Bureau of Labor Education studies, research by Cornell University and newspaper accounts of fraud and abuse by subcontractors in various states.