Friday, March 04, 2011

[IWS] CCPA (Canada): The Shadow Public Service: The swelling ranks of federal government outsourced workers [3 March 2011]

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Stuart Basefsky
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

 

The Shadow Public Service: The swelling ranks of federal government outsourced workers [3 March 2011]

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/shadow-public-service

or

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2011/03/Shadow_Public_Service.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

 

About this Publication

 

If the federal government wants to get serious about spending controls, it needs to look critically at its ballooning outsourcing costs. This study finds that over the past five years, personnel outsourcing costs have risen 79%. While federal departments have had their budgets capped, expenditures on outside consultants have not been touched and remain above $1 billion a year.

 

The growing and concentrated nature of outsourcing has created a shadow public service that works alongside the real public service—but without the same hiring practices or transparency requirements. This study makes specific recommendations to help curb rising costs and make better use of the resources the government already has.

 

5 Executive Summary

6 Introduction

6 How Ottawa Makes Use of Outsourcing

7 Areas of Focus

9 The Costs of Outsourcing

Contracts Signed vs. Amount Spent

Winning Contract Value vs. Final Contract Value

13 Biggest Outsourcing Departments

15 Top Outsourcing Companies

The IT-SSO Initiative

17 Why Outsourcing is Expanding

Outsourcing Makes Management Easier…for Managers…and at a cost

Federal Government Hiring is Cumbersome

Bilingualism and Meritocracy

18 Hidden Costs of Outsourcing

Institutional Knowledge

Change Fees and Future Needs

Privacy, Security and Transparency

19 Recommendations

20 Conclusion

22 Appendix 1: Data Sources & Methodology

24 Notes

 

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