Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report
Source: Reason Foundation press release, August 7, 2008
The federal government's competitive sourcing efforts saved taxpayers $7.2 billion over the last five years, according to Reason Foundation's 22nd Annual Privatization Report.
Competitive sourcing allows the private sector to compete for jobs and contracts that are currently performed by the government. Federal employees actually won 83 percent of the job competitions from fiscal 2003 through fiscal 2007. But taxpayers are the real winners: the Annual Privatization Report shows taxpayers save $25,000 for every job that is put up for competition because even when the government keeps the job it significantly improves efficiency and reduces costs.