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ARLINGTON, Va. – Carl DeMaio, president of The Performance Institute, today issued the following statement in response to the competitive sourcing study released today by the Office of Management and Budget:

“Competition works. The study released today by OMB shows that it works to the tune of $1.1 billion over the next three-to-five years. That’s just the beginning of what competition can do for the federal government. It is the floor on potential savings, not the ceiling. Taken with the first three competitive sourcing ‘green lights’ on the PMA Scorecard, agencies and, more importantly, taxpayers are clearly beginning to reap the benefits competitive sourcing can offer. Agencies’ combined investment of $88 million to conduct competitions will net more than $1 billion in savings.

“Where there is leadership, there is a return on investment. With Kyle McSlarrow at the helm of its competition initiatives, Energy has saved $39,000 per position competed. But when there is no leadership and when agency officials want competition to fail – it will fail amid cost overruns and prolonged studies.

“In the report, OMB goes to great length to describe what agencies are doing right and what they’re doing wrong in the conducting of competitions. The emphasis on human capital planning is particularly important in competitive sourcing, where integrated long-term strategizing is key to identifying inefficiencies, eliminating redundancies, and restructuring agencies.”

The Performance Institute is a private, nonpartisan think tank improving government results through the principles of performance, competition, transparency, and accountability. The Institute serves as the nation’s leading authority and repository for on performance-based management practices for government agencies. Our mission is to identify, study and disseminate the leading management innovations pioneered by ‘best-in-class’ public-sector organizations.

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