State and Local Government Procurement and the Winter Commission

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Potoski, Matthew
• 署名单位: Iowa State University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00979.x
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: S58-S69
• 关键词: reinventing government; service; privatization; ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS

摘要

The Winter Commission proposed a state and local government procurement reform agenda that placed public managers at the core of a depoliticized, deregulated, and more pragmatic public sector contracting process. Drawing on the literature and data from several state and local government surveys, this article shows that between 1992 and 2003, state and local governments' contracting practices moved in directions consistent with the commission's reform agenda. By 2003, state and local governments had decentralized and deregulated their contracting processes, were contracting more effectively and in circumstances in which it is more likely to be successful, and had adopted several innovative technologies and management practices.