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Council withdraws controversial share-in-saving contracting plan, Federal Times, February 8, 2006.
The government has pulled the plug on a proposal that would have helped agencies use a controversial type of performance-based contracting. read this article »

Amey: Protecting their turf -- Relying on a system that is not working in the taxpayers' interest is appalling, Federal Computer Week, April 18, 2005.
If share-in-savings contracts are here to stay, as David Drabkin, deputy chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration, wrote in the Jan. 24 issue of Federal Computer Week, he had better figure out a way to quickly improve the current system.

“Share-in-Savings contracts cost more, GAO Says,” Federal Times, January 31, 2005.
Agencies spend more on energy-saving improvements when they allow the contractor to put up the capital than when they ask Congress for the necessary funds, says a Jan. 18 report from the Government Accountability Office.

POGO Alert - New GAO Report: Contracts Promoted by Industry Waste Money. January 21, 2005.

GAO Report - Capital Financing: Partnerships and Energy Savings Performance Contracts Raise Budgeting and Monitoring Concerns, (GAO-05-55), SIS sibling contracts are prone to large cost increases. December 2004.

POGO is concerned about federal Share-in-Savings contracts, which place taxpayer money at risk. Now former Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Angela B. Styles agrees in an important new expose', “Share-in-Savings Contracting: The Big Lie,” ABA , Fall 2004.

POGO Letter - Share-in-Savings Contracts Circumvent Congress' Appropriations Authority and Hide Behind Contractor Proclaimed "Savings" to the government. August 31, 2004.

"Share-in-savings" proposals promoted by contractors criticized by a former Bush Administration White House official in this letter to Washington Post. February 18, 2004. To read original Post article click here.

Letter to the House Government Reform Committee urging them to oppose Share-in-Savings and the Digital Tech Corps Act. October 11, 2002.

Share-in-Savings' Contracts: Risky Business, A Critique of Rep. Tom Davis' 'Share-In-Savings' federal contracting legislation by Charles Tiefer, professor of government contract law and former General Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives. He warns that such contracts will, among other things, lead to long-term backdoor appropriating by government agencies. June 13, 2001.


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