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Too Dependent On Contractors? Minimum Standards For Responsible Governance, Steven L. Schooner, Daniel S. Greenspahn
Too Dependent On Contractors? Minimum Standards For Responsible Governance, Steven L. Schooner, Daniel S. Greenspahn
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While acknowledging that there are many benefits, challenges, and risks involved in outsourcing, this article asserts that failed implementation, rather than outsourcing policy, explains the government's current (mis)management of its contractors. This article explores the minimum standards for responsible governance following more than 15 years of ill-conceived and inadequate investment in the federal government's acquisition workforce, followed by a governmentwide failure to respond to a dramatic increase in procurement activity. These trends have led to a buying and contract management regime animated by triage, with insufficient resources available for contract administration, management, and oversight. The old adage "an ounce of …
Public Procurement Systems: Unpacking Stakeholder Aspirations And Expectations, Steven L. Schooner, Daniel I. Gordon, Jessica L. Clark
Public Procurement Systems: Unpacking Stakeholder Aspirations And Expectations, Steven L. Schooner, Daniel I. Gordon, Jessica L. Clark
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Around the world, governments are increasingly becoming focused on improving their public procurement regimes. Significant developments include the establishment of internationally shared norms for public procurement systems, while, at the national level, a number of countries have adopted dramatically new public procurement regimes, and others are experimenting with new procurement vehicles, such as framework agreements and electronic reverse auctions, and new procurement schemes, including public-private partnerships. As each of these changes is contemplated, planned, implemented, and then assessed, government leaders and policy makers need a framework of analysis for decision making - a framework based on public procurement goals and …