Kansas Wants to Outsource Government Jobs to Private and Non-Profit Sector

Kansas makes sense. Knowing the damage caused by mismanaged public service union pensions and other costs of creating government jobs, Kansas looks to pass a bill to outsource jobs to the private sector and to non-profit organizations, and they are taking the first steps to see if its feasible.

From the Witchata Eagle:

After a lengthy floor debate, the House passed a bill Friday establishing an 11-member commission to study ways to outsource public jobs to private-sector companies and nonprofit groups.

The group would be called the Kansas Advisory Council on Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships.

According to House Bill 2194, the council's main responsibility would be to "review and evaluate the possibility of outsourcing goods or services provided by a state agency to a private business or not-for-profit organization that is able to provide the same type of good or service, and whether such action would result in cost savings to the state."

The council would also identify areas where government services compete with private business, "to determine ways to eliminate such competition."