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PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS 2012 THROUGH 2015 NEWS AND REPORTS

P3 RELATED REPORTS 2015

American Legislative Exchange Council  (ALEC)
Exposed
  

"P3s are contractual agreements between a government agency and a private entity that typically involve the renovation, construction, operation, maintenance, or management of a facility or system. The agency generally retains ownership in the facility or system, but the private entity has additional decision rights in determining how the project or task is completed.
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P3 is at a rebranding of privatization. The phrase implies a win-win circumstance by connecting corporations (for profit) and Government (non-profit) for a common good. Two examples of failures:
South-Bay Expressway  
Presidio Parkway  

2015-
Ten Principles for Successful PPPs
 

December 23, 2015 -
US Dept of Education Charter School Program Overview   

December 23, 2015 - Related to the October 2015 report: A Commitment to Transparency: Learning More About the Charter Schools Program
Click Here  

October 2015 -
Charter School Black Hole: CMD Special Investigation Reveals Huge Info Gap on Charter School Spending  Click here    - A Discusses $3.7 billion + the federal government spent on charters & the gaps in what the public could see about which charters received taxpayer money.

September 2015 -
Private funding and corporate influence in the United Nations. Click Here  

February 2015 - The Hamilton Project - P3 to revamp US infrastructure
"This discussion paper...Project was designed in part to provide a forum .. to put forward innovative and potentially important economic policy ideas.."
Click here
 

January 2015 -
Unfair Cooperation Agreement on Water Privatization (Many resources) Click here
  
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2015 - P3 COMMENTARY AND NEWS


2015- Newsletter article - Conservative Voters of New Mexico. "Public private partnership" (PPP or P3) is a catch-all term for any project that partners government with private business.  -more-   

042516- "Nestlé Is Trying to Break Us": A Pennsylvania Town Fights Predatory Water Extraction -more-   

March 14,2016 - Cashing in on Kids: Corporate Lobbying Powerhouse ALEC Pushed 172 School Privatization Bills Last Year. Click Here

March 2016 - State of Public Water in the US - Report by Food and Water watch. Click here  

April 2013 - Borrowing Trouble: Water Privatization Is a False Solution for Municipal Budget Shortfalls. Report by Food and Water watch. Click here  

Corporate Control of Public Water  

2012- Water Municipalization Guide

 February 2016 - Landmark Survey Shows For-Profit Water is a Risky Rip-Off. Click here   

February 21, 2014 - The Logic of Public Services - - "One should beware vampire squids bearing gifts. It would also be best to cover your ears when the siren songs of privatization are offered. " The rest of the story here  

February 13, 2016 - From London - "The spiritual wellbeing of our cities is being eroded by the creeping corporatisation and privatisation of its public spaces, the author Will Self has warned." Rest of the story click here

2012 Right Wing Watch report on privatization
 Click Here

January 24, 2015 - Obama Administration Enables Billionaire Takeover of US Public Schools
Click here
  

Nov 18, 2015 -
Here's how funding for the Purple Line will work - A rail transport line in DC Click here  

By Mike DeBonis November 2, 2013January 20, 2016 - Obama Administration Enables Billionaire Takeover of America's Public Schools

January 22, 2015 - Tripp names new committee memberships  Click here   Includes ALEC appointments.

January 2016 -
Philanthropic Power and Development - Who shapes the agenda ....examines the role and impact of philanthropic foundations in development. It addresses the impacts and side effects of philanthropic engagement by taking a closer look at the priorities and operations of two of the most prominent foundations, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in two crucial sectors, health and agriculture.
Click Here
     Story on the report here

December 23, 2015 -
The Plutocrats Are Winning. Don't Let Them!  

December 2, 2015 -
The Hip New Fascist State
 

May 14, 2015 -
Private Water Industry Says Water Bills "Have to Go Up"
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May 3, 2015 -
The 5 Step Process to Privatize Everything   

April 4, 2013 -
A House bill refining guidelines for public-private partnerships was signed into law.

March 18, 2015 -
Keep our public utilities public: Click here  

The 5 Step Process to Privatize Everything  

A House bill refining guidelines for public-private partnerships was signed into law. .. More

Exclusive Dispatch: Private Water Industry Says Water Bills "Have to Go Up" ... More  

April 4 2015 - Gov Martinez Signs Property Rights Protection into Law  

Mary 7 2013 - Bush Family Evil Empire join the rush to privatize the world's water supplies
Click here  

April 1, 2009 -
The Problem with Public-Private Partnerships
Click Here

September 22, 2008 - Holes underground - London Tube upgrades a mess.... And like the financial products offered by the City—blamed for contributing to the current global financial crisis—the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts to upgrade the capital's creaking Underground network now look like complicated, costly mistakes. Click here  

 

 

 

P3 REPORTS PRIOR TO 2015

March 14, 2014 -
Public-Private Partnerships From Hell   

2013-
NCPPP - 7 Keys to Success 

November 2013 -
Public-Private Partnerships Are Popular, But Are They Practical? Click Here
 

April 2013 - There's Smoke, but is There Fire - report from Australia Click here   

March 2013 - Why PPP Won't Work  

April 2013 - Borrowing Trouble: Water Privatization Is a False Solution for Municipal Budget Shortfalls. Report by Food and Water watch. Click here  

February 11, 2013 -
The Impact of Government Organization on PPP Projects 

May 2012 -
CSOs voice concerns over corporate takeover of WHO.  Click here  

December 2012 - Highway Robbery - How public private partnerships extract private profit from public infrastructure projects. Click here 

November 12, 2012 -
Presidio Parkway: California’s Latest P3
Experiment

2011 - Public-private partnerships are often touted as a “best-of-both-worlds” alternative to public provision and privatization. But in practice, they have been dogged by contract design problems, waste, and unrealistic expectations. Click Here

2011- PPP: A Double-edged Sword - report from Harvard Click here  

2009 - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: The Problem with Public-Private Partnerships Economic crisis exposes the high costs and risks of P3s

2008 - Critique by European Unions

Report on PPP and Transportation by The National Conference of State Legislatures is the bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the states, commonwealths and territories.
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Jan 2008 - Virginia Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act: Model Guidelines
More here:
   

Corporate Control of Public Water  

2012- Water Municipalization Guide

February 21, 2014 - The Logic of Public Services - - "One should beware vampire squids bearing gifts. It would also be best to cover your ears when the siren songs of privatization are offered. " The rest of the story here  

November 2, 2013 - Washington Post -
Opposition to D.C. public-private land deals imperil library, other projects

 


SAMPLE STATE P3 LEGISLATION AND POLICY

Missouri Public-Private Partnership (MOP3)  

Maryland P3 Act HB 65, 2013  

2013 - California P3 Law -more-  

December 23, 2015 -
The Plutocrats Are Winning. Don't Let Them!  

December 2, 2015 -
The Hip New Fascist State
 

May 14, 2015 -
Private Water Industry Says Water Bills "Have to Go Up"
.  

May 3, 2015 -
The 5 Step Process to Privatize Everything   

April 4, 2013 -
A House bill refining guidelines for public-private partnerships was signed into law.

March 18, 2015 -
Keep our public utilities public: Click here  

The 5 Step Process to Privatize Everything  

A House bill refining guidelines for public-private partnerships was signed into law. .. More

Exclusive Dispatch: Private Water Industry Says Water Bills "Have to Go Up" ... More  

April 4 2015 - Gov Martinez Signs Property Rights Protection into Law  

Mary 7 2013 - Bush Family Evil Empire join the rush to privatize the world's water supplies
Click here  

April 1, 2009 -
The Problem with Public-Private Partnerships
Click Here

September 22, 2008 - Holes underground - London Tube upgrades a mess.... And like the financial products offered by the City—blamed for contributing to the current global financial crisis—the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts to upgrade the capital's creaking Underground network now look like complicated, costly mistakes. Click here  

2013 -NCSL report: Public-Private Partners for Transportation. A toolkit for legislators. -more-  

2009 - Private Roads, Public Costs. The Facts About Toll Road Privatization and How to Protect the Public -more-  

US Dept. of Transportation - P3 Toolkit-value for money -more-

2013- Private Financing of Public Infrastructure:
Risks and Options for New York State -more-

Veolia Corporation - based in France, has been criticized worldwide for skirting environmental regulations, labor abuses, mismanagement, bribery, corruption, and failure to make good on promised improvements." In North America, Veolia operates more than 200 waste water facilities - many of them for more than 30 years. -more-   

UK - Allow rebid of under-performing PPP projects: Survey. The ministry of finance has pitched for allowing flexibility so that a contract can be withdrawn and put up for rebid when a private party under-performs.
-more-   

UN guide to Private/Public Partnerships infrastructure -download- 

P3 information links -more-  

20 Questions on P3  -more-   

2009 - United Water case study summary - Over the last decade, United Water’s growth has plateaued. It served 300,000 fewer people in 2008 than when Suez bought it eight years earlier. The company is
persisting on smaller-scale deals and frequent rate hikes, and gets its biggest boost from the occasional takeover of a competitor... -more-  


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TRANS-ATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP (TTIP)

TTIP Definition    

Feb 23, 2016 -
EU told ExxonMobil that TTIP would aid global expansion, documents reveal Click here  

Nov 26, 2015 - EU alleged to have given ExxonMobil access to confidential strategies Click here  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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