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Innovation in the Transportation Marketplace Through Effective Procurement: Findings from an Experts' Workshop

Final Report May 2000

Prepared for:
National Science and Technology Council Committee on Technology
Department of Transportation

Submitted by:
Civil Engineering Research Foundation


Table of Contents

Executive Summary

  1. Introduction

  2. Background and Problem Statement

  3. Workshop Format

  4. Barriers to Reform

  5. Risk-Taking and Attitudinal Shift

  6. The Goal: New Model(s) for Procurement

  7. Near-Term Actions

  8. Long-Term Solutions

  9. Issues Needing Further Study


Appendices
  • Appendix A
    List of Attendees

  • Appendix B
    Remarks by Mort Downey
    (Department of Transportation)

  • Appendix C
    Remarks by Fenton Carey
    (Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT)
    Available as a Microsoft Power Point File (317KB)

  • Appendix D
    Remarks by James Lammie
    (Parsons Brinkerhoff, Inc.)

  • Appendix E
    Remarks by Richard Dunn
    (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency)
    Available as a Microsoft Power Point File (77KB)

  • Appendix F
    Remarks by Herb Baker
    (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
    Available as a Microsoft Power Point File (102KB)

  • Appendix G
    Remarks by Jane Monhart
    (Department of Energy)
    Available as a Microsoft Power Point File (40KB)

  • Appendix H
    Indiana DOT Contracting Notes

  • This Workshop Report supports National Science and Technology Council Committee on Technology activities and is sponsored by the Research and Special Programs Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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