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State and Local Government Procurement and the Winter Commission
Author(s) -
Potoski Matthew
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00979.x
Subject(s) - commission , procurement , local government , state (computer science) , public administration , public sector , business , government (linguistics) , government procurement , state government , new public management , core (optical fiber) , political science , economics , finance , economy , marketing , engineering , telecommunications , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
The Winter Commission proposed a state and local government procurement reform agenda that placed public managers at the core of a depoliticized, deregulated, and more pragmatic public sector contracting process. Drawing on the literature and data from several state and local government surveys, this article shows that between 1992 and 2003, state and local governments’ contracting practices moved in directions consistent with the commission’s reform agenda. By 2003, state and local governments had decentralized and deregulated their contracting processes, were contracting more effectively and in circumstances in which it is more likely to be successful, and had adopted several innovative technologies and management practices.