Fair Competition Coalition

The Fair Competition Coalition was a "joint effort of thirty-eight trade industry trade associations to advocate for fair and consistent policies in support of public-private competition" and the President's Management Agenda.

Industry organizations included the United States Chamber of Commerce.

About the Coalition
The Fair Competition Coalition was described as "a broad-based national coalition of key industry groups formed to champion a process stressing that the federal government compete its commercial activities in a manner that is fair, based on generally accepted cost accounting principles, and results in meaningful savings to and streamlining of the federal government." 

Leadership
The Coalition was led by Renée Courtland, a Senior Associate at Dutko Worldwide. Prior, Courtland "served as the senior political aide and policy analyst in the acquisition policy shop within the White House's Office of Management and Budget [where she] played a lead role in the oversight of large and interagency contracting vehicles in the areas of telecommunications and information technology. Another major area of focus for [Courtland] at OMB was driving policy and implementation for public-private competitions known as A-76 or competitive sourcing. ... Prior to OMB, Renée wore multiple hats while working in the Office of the Administrator at the U.S. General Services Administration." 

Coalition members
The same coalition members listed below belonged to the Coalition for Outsourcing and Privatization&mdash;for which no direct organizational links have been found&mdash;, as stated in this September 2004 letter.


 * Aerospace Industries Association
 * American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
 * Airport Consultants Council
 * American Council of Independent Laboratories
 * American Council of Engineering Companies (web)
 * American Electronics Association
 * American Institute of Architects
 * Associated General Contractors of America
 * Business Executives for National Security
 * Construction Management Association of America (web)
 * Contract Services Association of America
 * Design Professionals Coalition
 * ElectronicIndustries Alliance
 * Information Technology Association of America
 * Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors
 * National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds
 * National Defense Industrial Association (web)
 * National Federation Of Independent Business
 * Professional Services Council
 * Small Business Legislative Council
 * Textile Rental Services Association of America
 * The National Auctioneers Association
 * United States Chamber of Commerce

Contact information

 * Website: http://www.faircompetition.org (Inactive)
 * Archived homepage as of October 17, 2006, via the Internet Archive; previous versions available here

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Competitive Sourcing Initiative
 * Front groups
 * Government-industry revolving door
 * Outsourcing
 * Privatization
 * The Dutko Group
 * United States Chamber of Commerce

External resources

 * Fair Competition Coalition Statement of Principles (cache file).
 * Letter dated July 13, 2004, from Coalition to Sens. Ted Stevens and Sen. Daniel Inouye expressing "strong opposition to Section 8014 of the House (H.R. 4613) and Senate (S.2559) FY05 Department of Defense Appropriations bills."
 * Coalition Fact Sheet on Competitive Sourcing re FY2006 Defense Authorization Bill.
 * The Business Coalition for Fair Competition