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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTROLLING FEDERALPRISON COSTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; COST OF PRISONS; ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; BOP LACKS DATA NEEDED TO PERFORMA METHODOLOGICALLY SOUND COST COMPARISONAND IS NOT POSITIONED TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVESFOR CONFINING INMATES IN LOWAND MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITIES; A Cost Comparison Is Not Currently Feasible because BOP LacksData Needed to Perform a Methodologically Sound Comparison; BOP Cannot Evaluate whether Privately Contracted FacilitiesProvide Better or Worse Value than Other Low and MinimumSecurity Confinement; CONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION. |
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AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATIONAPPENDIX I:OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II:COMMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; REFERENCES; Appendix I; PRISON CONSTRUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; Developing Initial Project Cost Estimates; Project Delays Contributed to Increased Cost Estimates, and the Imprecise Nature of Estimates Was Not Communicatedto ongress and Other Stakeholders; Problems with Site Selection and the Availability of FundingContributed to Project Construction Delays; FCI Mendota; FCI Berlin and FCI McDowell. |
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Construction Costs Increased at a Rate Higher Than the Rateof InflationCost Estimates Are Imprecise, and Congress and Other StakeholdersWere Not Informed of the Extent to Which They Might Vary; BOP Has Eliminated or Reduced Portions of Two Projects, and Plans to Use Its Construction Management PoliciesProcedures to Control Cost and Schedule Changes; BOP Has Eliminated or Reduced Facilities at FCI Berlin and FCIMendota, but Did Not Clearly Communicate These Changes toCongress and Other Stakeholders. |
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BOP Plans to Use Its Policies and Procedures to Control CostIncreases and Schedule Delays during ConstructionCONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II:FCI MENDOTA, FCI BERLIN, AND FCI MCDOWELL:PROJECT ESTIMATES, BUDGET REQUESTS, AND FUNDINGFOR FISCAL YEARS 2001-2009; APPENDIX III:COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FEDERALBUREAU OF PRISONS; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Prisons -- United States.
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Prisons. |
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United States. |
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Prisons -- United States -- Accounting.
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Accounting. |
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Prisons -- United States -- Cost control.
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Cost control. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Berritas, Gregory N., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Controlling federal prison costs New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009. 1606926500 (softcover) (DLC) 2009009124 |
| ISBN |
9781617282089 ebook |
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1617282081 |
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1606926500 softcover |
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9781606926505 softcover |
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