09.11.13
Managed competition is a form of alternative service delivery that requires in-house service units of a government to compete with external providers under a controlled or managed process....
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11.11.11
The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2012 include public pension reform, requiring the State of Illinois to develop and implement a capital improvement plan, dissolving the Illinois...
02.11.08
The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2008 include public pension reform, tax increment financing disclosure, creation of a separate board of commissioners for the Cook County Forest...
02.09.07
The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2007 include public pension reform, property tax exemptions and assessment reform, revision of the Regional Transportation Authority Act, tax...
12.01.06
This issue brief describes various forms of privatization available to the public sector, including asset sales, contracting out of management, corporatization, internal markets, intergovernmental...
03.17.06
The Civic Federation opposes the State of Illinois Recommended FY2007 operating budget because it takes a partial pension holiday of $1.1 billion at the same time as it increases spending for...
05.02.05
The Civic Federation strongly supported the Governor's proposed pension reforms and urged the General Assembly to adopt the pension reforms as well as a moratorium on further benefit enhancements...
05.03.04
The Civic Federation supported the Governor's rejection of any broad-based tax increases but opposed the proposal to reduce pension funding by $527 million to balance the budget. It urged the...