ICT Research Roundtable Speaker Series
ICT Research Roundtable
Speaker Series Presents
Dr. James White, Center for Advanced Communications Policy
"Outsourcing Local Government Services: Does It Work?"
Monday, November 9, 2009: Noon--1:30pm
Piedmont Room
(Student Center Commons 1st Floor; next to Jackets Restaurant)
Following its establishment at the end of 2005, the city of Sandy Springs, Georgia, has quickly come to typify the concept of comprehensive municipal service outsourcing. In an attempt to measure both the economic and social efficacy of the concept, an original comparison between five “contract” cities and five “traditional” municipalities was completed in May, 2009, offering a view of the relative merits and demerits of outsourcing. This talk will outline the major findings of the research.
The ICT Research Roundtable is a focal point at Georgia Tech for policy research on information and communication policy and the technology that facilitates them.
The 2009-2010 speaker series features faculty and researchers from across campus presenting their academic work.
The ICT Research Roundtable is a project of the Center for Advanced Communications Policy (www.cacp.gatech.edu) and the Internet and Public Policy Project (www.IP3.gatech.edu)