Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs

John M. Kamensky; Albert Morales

doi:10.5771/9780742574533

Summary

Since the 1980s, the language used around market-based government has muddied its meaning and polarized its proponents and critics, making the topic politicized and controversial. Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs hopes to reframe competing views of market-based government so it is seen not as an ideology but rather as a fact-based set of approaches for managing government services and programs more efficiently and effectively.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2006
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-5213-5
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7425-7453-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 485
Product type: Edited Book

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Understanding Market-Based Government No access
  3. The Tools of Market-Based Government No access
  4. Keys Issues Facing Policy Makers and Managers No access
  5. Conclusions No access
  6. Appendix: Details of the Tools of Market-Based Government No access
  7. Endnotes No access
1. 1. Overview No access
  2. Understanding the Issue No access
  3. Outsourcing No access
  4. Competitive Sourcing No access
  5. Privatization No access
  6. Public-Private Partnerships No access
  7. Government Entrepreneurship ('Franchising') No access
  8. Contractors in Security Operations: A Special Case No access
  9. Findings and Conclusions No access
  10. Acknowledgments No access
  11. Endnotes No access
  12. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Introduction to Market-Type Mechanisms No access
  2. Outsourcing No access
  3. Public-Private Partnerships No access
  4. Vouchers No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Acknowledgments No access
  7. Endnotes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Understanding Competitive Sourcing: Recent History No access
  3. Analyzing DoD Competitive Sourcing: Reviewing 10 Years of Data No access
  4. Providing 'Soft-Landing' Programs for Separated Employees No access
  5. Findings and Recommendations No access
  6. Acknowledgments No access
  7. Endnotes No access
4. 1. Overview by Jacques S. Censler, William Lucyshyn, and John Barker No access
  2. Case Study 1: Outsourcing—Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA Results in Improved Service, Consistency, and Quality by William Lucyshyn and Robert Maly No access
  3. Case Study 2: Competitive Sourcing—The IRS Improves Performance and Modernizes Operations by William Lucyshyn and Sandra Young No access
  4. Case Study 3: Competitive Sourcing at Offutt Air Force Base— A Collaborative Public Sector Approach by John Barker and Russell Lundberg No access
  5. Case Study 4: Public-Private Partnership—A Pilot 'Virtual Prime Vendor' Contract to Supply C-130 Parts by William Lucyshyn and Jonathan Roberts No access
  6. About the Contributors to Chapter Five No access
5. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Leadership for Market-Based Sourcing No access
  3. Planning and Implementation of Market-Based Sourcing No access
  4. Communication to Employees and Stakeholders No access
  5. Sustaining a Competitive Environment No access
  6. Appendix: Forum Participants No access
1. 1. Preface No access
  2. Introduction No access
  3. Entrepreneurs: Case Studies No access
  4. The Challenge of Running Entrepreneurial Organizations No access
  5. The Costs of Success No access
  6. Lessons Learned No access
  7. Acknowledgments No access
  8. For Additional Information No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Franchise Funds: Legislative Origins No access
  3. Franchise Fund Pilots: An Overview No access
  4. Franchise Funds: Two Case Studies No access
  5. Franchise Funds: Criteria for Evaluation No access
  6. Recommendations No access
  7. Postscript No access
  8. Endnotes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Understanding Competitive Bidding No access
  2. The CMS Experience in Moving from Fiat Pricing to Competitive Bidding No access
  3. Constraints CMS Faces in Designing Competitive Bidding for Medicare No access
  4. Four Major Challenges to Competitive Bidding in the Health Arena and Their Possible Solutions No access
  5. Acknowledgments No access
  6. Endnotes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Study Findings No access
  3. Conclusions and Recommendations No access
  4. Postscript No access
  5. Appendix: State Emissions Trading Programs No access
  6. Endnotes No access
About the Contributors No access Pages 477 - 482
About the IBM Center for The Business of Government No access Pages 483 - 485