TPPF statement on Gov. Rick Perry’s suspension of Texas’ information technology contract

Statement by Justin Keener, Vice President of Policy and Communications:

"Gov. Perry's action today highlights a major advantage of privatizing government services. When a function performed by government goes wrong, bureaucratic rules often protect the personnel or programs at fault. But when a private vendor is involved, the state can hold it accountable to its contract and ultimately seek competition from other vendors."

"Unions and political opportunists will try to seize on today's announcement to create even more layers of bureaucracy throughout government, but these would only serve to further restrict the state's ability to demand accountability, restitution, and service improvements."

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin, Texas. More information can be found on the Foundation’s website, www.TexasPolicy.com.

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First Listen: Texas PolicyCast for 10/18/07

The latest edition of Texas PolicyCast is now available for preview on the TPPF website (www.TexasPolicy.com).

Over the last few years, Texas has been on the leading edge of a national debate on how best to meet the infrastructure needs of a growing population and economy. In many countries, the private sector has been given a prominent role in the development and management of major infrastructure projects. But in Texas, proposals for privately built and financed toll projects have met with vehement opposition. We look at these issues in the second part of our interview with Len Gilroy, senior policy analyst at the Reason Foundation and managing editor of the Reason Foundation's Privatization Watch newsletter.

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