Reports

Department of Transportation: Engineering Services Costs Analysis, April 5, 2006, Secretary of State Audit

This audit details that contracting Engineering Services at the Department of Transportation cost 20% more than having the work done by agency staff.
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Privatization of State Services in Massachusetts: Politics, Policy, and an Expirement that wasn’t:

This report is a comprehensive review of the move to privatize state services in Massachusetts and the move back in the 1990’s.
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Multnomah County audit of large contracts, Multnomah County Auditor

In this audit, the Multnomah County Auditor lays out the cost of contracting and the flaws in the current oversight and accountability in the way that Multnomah County contracts.
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Contracting best practices, National Association of Auditors

In this report the National Association of Auditors explains best practices for government contracting. Oregon currently is not following many of the best practices laid out by the Auditors Association.
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All costs considered: A new analysis on the contracting out of school support services in Oregon, Gordon Lafer, Bob Russel, Labor Education and Research Center

An analysis of school district contracts found that contracting out often times cost districts additional money instead of saving money, that it hurt the community and that high turnover led to low morale.
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Privatizing in the dark: The pitfalls of privatization and why budget disclosure is needed, Progressive States Network

A report that brings to light the lack of transparency and information that states have regarding government contracts.
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The state of state disclosure: An evaluation of online public information about economic development subsidies, procurement contracts, and lobbying activities, Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First

This report ranks Oregon 42nd in transparency of government contracting.
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Show us the money: How online databases can help taxpayers sort out state spending, National Taxpayer’s Union

An issue brief that brings to light the importance of transparency in contracting and the need for online databases, the brief lists all states that have databases and ranks the best in the country.
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Making contracting work for the United States: Government Contracting Must Lead to Good Jobs, Center for American Progress Action Fund

This report explains how contracting needs to lead to jobs that allow a family to live and that contractors should be held to high standards.
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Privatization vs. the public’s right to know, Reporter’s Committee for the Freedom of the Press

The organization supporting the freedom of the press outlines the difficulty of finding information about contracts and the need to ensure that there is transparency guaranteed.
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Oregon Transparency.gov 2.0

“A new report that looks at Oregon’s system of government transparency, highlighting the work that we need to do to increase transparency in contracting and other areas of government.”
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