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Competitive Sourcing in the Federal Civil Service
Keith Snavely*
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Uday Desai
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ksnavely{at}siu.edu.
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Competitive sourcing, meaning public–private competitions to perform work in the federal civil service, was made a priority management policy of the George W. Bush administration. Competition, it is believed, will greatly enhance administrative efficiency whichever bidder, public or private, wins. Introduction of such market-based human resource policies into the federal civil service has engendered debate over long-term effects on merit principles, public service motives and ethics, and administrative performance. This article contributes to that discussion by examining the policy origins and purposes behind competitive sourcing and by analyzing implementation of the policy during the Bush administration. Results show that the market ideology expressed in competitive sourcing has been moderated and mediated by the implementation process. Congressional and public employee involvement alongside that of the administration produced policy outcomes of mixed results.
First published on January 7, 2009
The American Review of Public Administration 2009, doi:10.1177/0275074008328925
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