Program/Project Management Resource List #62

Revised July 2007

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

The Office of Management and Budget has required the federal government to outsource activities that are not "inherently governmental" to the private sector since 1966. Since then, NASA has placed many of its day-to-day operations in the hands of private sector employees. NASA uses contractors to build most, if not all, of its spacecraft-indeed, JPL, which many people think of as a NASA center, is really operated by one of NASA's oldest contractors, the California Institute of Technology.

A new approach to private supply of government services, the public-private partnership, closely resembles outsourcing. However, a public-private partnership often involves private enterprises in more than one phase of a project. For instance, in a public-private partnership for a municipal hospital, the town would contract with a firm or a consortium to build and own the building and provide janitors and other support staff. This would let the town concentrate on providing medical services. This bibliography serves as a guide to these cost-effective ways to provide government services.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

NASA Policies

NASA Policy Directive 1050.1H: Authority To Enter Into Space Act Agreements

 

NASA Policy Directive 1200.1D: NASA Internal Control and Accountability

 

NASA Policy Directive 1350.3A: Strategic Alliances: Building Partnership to Achieve NASA's Mission and Goals

 

NASA Policy Directive 3310.1A: Distinguishing Between Contractor and Civil Service Functions

 

NASA Policy Directive 3451.5B: Acquisition Improvement Awards

 

NASA Policy Directive 9501.1H: NASA Contractor Financial Management Reporting System

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 9501.2D: NASA Contractor Financial Management Reporting

 

NASA Policy Directives and Procedural Requirements 5000-5999: Procurement, Small Business, and Industrial Relations

 

Books

Dittemore, Ronald D. Concept of Privatization of the Space Shuttle Program. Houston, TX: Johnson Space Center, 2001.

TL795.5 .D57 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

Eisenbeis, Kathleen M. Privatizing Government Information: The Effects of Policy on Access to Landsat Satellite Data. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995.

G70.5.U6 E37 1995 BOOKSTACKS

 

Goldsmith, Stephen, and William D. Eggers. Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.

JK421 .G59 2004 PPM-STACKS

 

Greaver, Maurice F. Strategic Outsourcing: A Structured Approach to Outsourcing Decisions and Initiative. New York, NY: AMACOM, 1999.

HD39.5 .G73 1999 PPM-STACKS

 

Hawthorne, Krauss, and Associates. Analysis of Potential Alternatives to Reduce NASA's Cost of Human Access to Space. Boston, MA: The Associates, 1998.

TL795.5 .H38 1998 BOOKSTACKS

Note: This report is also called the Hawthorne report.

 

Sclar, Elliott. You Don't Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000.

HD3888 .S35 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Space Shuttle Competitive Sourcing Task Force. Alternate Trajectories: Options for Competitive Sourcing of the Space Shuttle Program: Report of the Space Shuttle Competitive Sourcing Task Force. Arlington, VA: RAND, 2002.

TL795.5 .A47 2002 BOOKSTACKS

Note: This report is also available online at http://www.rand.org/scitech/stpi/NASA/.

 

Space Shuttle Privatization Task Team. Final Report of the Space Shuttle Privatization Task Team. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2001.

TL795.5 .S736 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Government Accountability Office. Implementation of OMB Circular no. A-76 at Science Agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2007.

KF869 .A76 G36 2007 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Inspector General. Assessment of the Use of Support Service Contractors at the Glenn Research Center. Washington, DC: The Office, 2001.

TL521.312 .A88 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Assessment of Agencywide Use of Support Service Contractors at NASA. Washington, DC: The Office, 2000.

TL521.312 .A87 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Vaillancourt Rosenau, Pauline (ed.). Public-private Policy Partnerships. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000.

H97 .P84 2000 BOOKSTACKS

Articles and Reports

Beimborn, Daniel, Sebastian F. Martin, and Ulrich Homann. "Capability-oriented Modeling of the Firm", in: IPSI 2005 Amalfi Proceedings, Amalfi, Italy, Feb. 2005.

(20050215423: (2005) NASD)

 

de Bettignies, Jean-Etienne, and Thomas W. Ross. "The Economics of Public-Private Partnerships", Canadian Public Policy - Analyse de Politiques, vol. XXX, no. 2 (June 2004), p. 135-154.

Available through the online archive of Canadian Public Policy - Analyse de Politiques.

 

Brown, Trevor L., Matthew Potoski, and David M. van Slyke. "Managing Public Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets", Public Administration Review, vol. LXVI, no. 3 (May/June 2006), p. 323-331.

 

Domberger, Simon, Paul H. Jensen, and Robin E. Stonecash. "Examining the Magnitude and Sources of Cost Savings Associated with Outsourcing", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVI, no. 2 (Dec. 2002), p. 148-168.

 

Feder, Toni. "Astronomy Foes Join Forces to Build Giant Telescope", Physics Today, vol. LVI, no. 8 (Aug. 2003), p. 22-24.

 

Hodge, Graeme, and Carsten Greve. "Public-Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review", Public Administration Review, vol. LXVII, no. 3 (May/June 2007), p. 545-558.

 

Jannotta, MJ and VB McCabe. Findings: LANL Outsourcing Focus Groups. LA-UR--96-2631. Los Alamos National Lab, NM, 31 Dec. 1996.

(436287: (30 Jan. 2006) DOE Information Bridge)

 

Kremic, Tibor, and Oya Tukel. Assisting Public Organizations in Their Outsourcing Endeavors: A Decision Support Mode. NASA/TM-2006-213809. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, April 2006.

(20060017043: (April 2006) NASD)

 

MacDonald, Jessica A. An Investigation of Communication Values and Normative Principles Embedded in a Public/Private Partnership. Colorado University, Boulder, CO, 10 Aug. 2004.

(ADA425818: (22 Sept. 2004) DTIC)

 

Marvel, Mary K., and Howard P. Marvel. "Outsourcing Oversight: A Comparison of Monitoring for In-House and Contracted Services", Public Administration Review, vol. LXVII, no. 3 (May/June 2007), p. 521-530.

 

Mehta, Shreefal and Lois S. Peters. "Outsourcing a Core Competency", Research Technology Management, vol. L, no. 3 (May/June 2007), p. 28-34.

 

Munsch, Kenneth. "Outsourcing Design and Innovation", Research Technology Management, vol. XLVII, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2004), p. 27-30.

 

Murphy, LM, P Jerde, L Rutherford, and R Barone. Enhancing Commercial Outcomes from R and D: A Framework for a Public-Private Partnership to Increase the Yield of Federally Funded R and D Investments and Promote Economic Development. NREL/TP-110-40463. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 1 May 2007.

(908011: (11 June 2007) DOE Information Bridge)

 

Oakley, BT, et al. Privatization Financing Alternatives: Blending Private Capital and Public Resources for a Successful Project. PNNL-11916. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 19 Oct. 1998.

(938: (23 April 2007) DOE Information Bridge)

 

Power, Mark, Carlo Bonifazi, and Kevin C. Desouza. "The ten outsourcing traps to avoid", Journal of Business Strategy, vol. XXV, no. 2 (2004), p. 37-42.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Rainey, Hal G., Barry Bozeman, and Gordon Kingsley (eds.). "Privatized Administration of the National Laboratories: Developments in the Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated Approach", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVIII, no. 2 (Dec. 2004), p. 157-166.

Note: This issue of Public Performance and Management Review covers different facets of the public-private arrangements that the Department of Energy made to run its labs.

 

San Miguel, Joseph G., and Donald E. Summers. Public-Private Partnerships for Government Financing, Controlling Risk, and Value-for-Money: The UK Experience. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1 Sept. 2006.

(ADA459811: (17 Jan. 2007) DTIC)

 

Schaeffer, Peter V. and Scott Loveridge. "Toward an Understanding of Types of Public-Private Cooperation", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVI, no. 2 (Dec. 2002), p. 169-189.

 

Tulenko, Edward. Outsourcing and Privatization: Proceed with Caution. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, 21 Aug. 2002.

(ADA404414: (26 March 2003) DTIC)

Internet Resources

Department of Energy. Competitive Sourcing. 2006 [9 July 2007].

http://management.energy.gov/A76.htm

 

Frazier, Diane. Competitive Sourcing. May 2007 [9 July 2007].

http://competitivesourcing.nasa.gov/

 

Institute for Public-Private Partnerships. 30 May 2007 [11 July 2007].

http://www.ip3.org/index.htm

 

International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. 2007 [16 July 2007].

http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/

 

Marucci, Susie. NASA Office of Procurement. 17 April 2007 [19 July 2007].

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/

 

National Council for Public-Private Partnerships. 2007 [11 July 2007].

http://ncppp.org/

 

Office of Management and Budget. Circular no. A-76: Performance of Commercial Activities. 2006 [9 July 2007].

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a076/a76_incl_tech_correction.html

 

Small Business Administration. 29 June 2007 [18 July 2007].

http://www.sba.gov/

 

__________. Business.Gov. 11 July 2007 [18 July 2007].

http://www.business.gov/

 

__________. Business.Gov. Government Contracting. 11 July 2007 [18 July 2007].

http://www.business.gov/topic/Government_Contracting

 

South, Koby. NASA Shared Services Center. 9 March 2007 [19 July 2007].

http://www.nssc.nasa.gov/

 

Turner, Janelle. NASA Innovative Partnerships Program. 23 May 2007 [11 July 2007].

http://www.ip.nasa.gov/

 

Wilson, Tara. NASA Office of Small Business Programs. 2 July 2007 [19 July 2007].

http://osbp.nasa.gov/