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Privatization

• AFSCME Privatization Update
• AFSCME Resources on Privatization
• Google Government Search
• 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 - includes  searchable database of federal government contractors
• Washington Post blog on Federal Contracting: Government Inc.
• Outsourcing News - anti privatization group in Sacramento, Calif.

Other Privatization Resources:

• Wikipedia entry: Privatization
• Public Employees Federation/SEIU StopPrivatization.com
• World Bank Privatization Database - info on privatization contracts >$1 million in developing countries from 2000 to 2005
• Public Services International Research Unit Reports - includes many articles on privatization
• Reason Foundation - Privatization & Government Reform and Privatization.org

Nonprofits:

• Guidestar
• Economic Research Institute
• Foundation Center - 990 Finder

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)

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