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Overview

  Presentation of the revolutionary savings and efficiencies brought about in Indianapolis.
  This was prepared by former Indianapolis Deputy Mayor Skip Stitt, and presented through the U.S. Government General Accounting Office as an alternative to the federal government A-76 efficiency mandate. 
PowerPoint presentation 

 

Additional recommended reading:

Revolution at the Roots
by William Eggers
 

The Indianapolis Experience

Articles

Competitive contracting projected to save Indianapolis almost $200 million
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Buckeye Institute March 1997

City can compete: Indianapolis skips past privatization to formula that public employees can embrace
-Cascade Policy Inst. March 1998

Indianapolis Mayor writes 'City' primer
-Albuquerque Journal, July 1998


Some of the lessons

Choosing which Services to Privatize--Lessons from Indianapolis
--By Tom Olson of Pragmatik
former Dir..of Enterprises,
City of Indianapolis

Case Study: Privatizing the Wastewater Treatment
An in-depth look at both quality and cost issues
--Environment Probe, March 2000



 

 




 

For a more complete picture on the reforms put in place in Indianapolis, we recommend: 

The 21st Century City: Resurrecting Urban America,
by Stephen Goldsmith and available at Amazon.com.

"This book should be must reading for anyone seeking elective office."

 



"...in the book and in the Indianapolis experience, we tried to stake out a new role for activist conservatism, those of us who wanted to use the levers of government, but in a way that nurtured neighborhood leadership and didn't displace it."

Former Mayor Goldsmith, now Chair for National and Community Services;
Full speech to the Council for Excellence in Government
-May 9, 2002

 

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