V. Additional Information

For more information about designing an effective contracting system, consult the list of references at the end of the paper.

The following books are particularly informative guides to contracting out:

• E. S. Savas, Privatization: The Key to Better Government (Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham Publishers, 1987).

• John Marlin, ed., Contracting Municipal Services (New York: Ronald Press, 1984).

• John Rehfuss, Contracting Out in Government (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989).

• Edward Wesemann, Contracting for City Services (Pittsburgh: Innovations Press, 1981).

• John D. Donahue, The Privatization Decision (Basic Books: 1989).