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Title Controlling federal prison costs / Gregory N. Berritas, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2009]

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Contents 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
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
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject Prisons -- United States
Prisons -- United States -- Accounting
Prisons -- United States -- Cost control
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Prisons
Prisons -- Accounting
Prisons -- Cost control
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Berritas, Gregory N., editor
LC no. 2020685165
ISBN 9781617282089
1617282081