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District of Columbia: City and State Privatization Initiatives and Impediments

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 28, 1995
Report No. T-GGD-95-194
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Summary:

Privatization covers a wide variety of approaches in which government functions can be shifted, in whole or in part, to the private sector. The District of Columbia is studying potential benefits of privatizing government services and reinventing its government operations. Other city and state governments, facing fiscal pressures, used privatization to help reinvent government, save money, and improve service delivery. Privatization can take various forms, such as divestiture, contracting out, vouchers, and public-private partnerships. This testimony describes (1) current trends and initiatives in privatization in city and state governments and (2) impediments other government units have faced with privatization programs that could apply to the District.

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