Other Resources for Fighting Privatization
- AFSCME Privatization Update
- Power Tools for Fighting Privatization
- AFSCME Issues: Privatization
- RollyO Privatization Search -- searches privatization.org, afscme.org, cupe.ca, epinet.org, mackinac.org, psiru.org, government.cce.cornell.edu, publicworld.org, ncsl.org, pogo.org, rppi.org
Additional Research Databases:
- Project on Government Oversight's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database
- OMB Watch: FedSpending.org
- Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act: FFATA Search Portal
- General Services Administration's Excluded Party List
- US Health & Human Services List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
- Federal Procurement Data System
- Center for Public Integrity
- Outsourcing News - anti privatization group in Sacramento, Calif.
Other Privatization Resources
- Wikipedia entry: Privatization
- Public Employees Federation/SEIU StopPrivatization.com
- Canadian Union of Public Employees Privatization Issue Page, CUPE Privatization Watch, and New Ways of Winning: Fighting Privatization and Contracting Out
- In the Public Interest: A Comprehensive Resource Center on Privatization and Responsible Contracting
- Public Services International Research Unit Company Profiles
- Privatization: Trends, Evidence, and Alternatives — Economic Policy Institute
- Why Privatizing Government Services Would Hurt Women Workers — IWPR, PDF format
- The Privatization Debate: Proponents and Opponents
- Restructuring Local Government — includes large section on privatization nationally and in New York state
- Your Tax Dollars at Work...Offshore: How Foreign Outsourcing Firms are Capturing State Government Contracts — Good Jobs First
- World Bank Privatization Database - info on privatization contracts >$1 million in developing countries from 2000 to 2005
- Reason Foundation - Privatization Issue Area and Privatization Watch
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy - Michigan Privatization Report
Sector Privatization
- Corporate Water Privatization — Sierra Club
- The Water Barons — Center for Public Integrity
- Child Welfare Information Gateway: Privatization
- Labor Links: Prison Privatization
Is the contractor a nonprofit? Search for 990 filings at:
State Government databases for tracking expenditures and/or contracts
- Americans for Tax Reform - State & Local Government Transparency Efforts
- Propublica - State Spending Trackers (both transparency & stimulus)
