Many local governments are beginning to follow the lead of innovators like Indianapolis, Charlotte, and phoenix in implementing systematic privatization through managed competitions. Two recent additions to the roll are Plano, Texas, and San Diego County, California.

The city of Plano, after initial success with a few privatization initiatives, such as billing for ambulance services, plans to privatize its payroll department, its utility billing departments, its recycling program, and other services. City officials plan to make privatization through managed competition a regular means of doing business where appropriate.

San Diego County's chief administrative officer, Larry Prior, has been directed by county supervisors to put the county's house in order through a systematic use of public-private competition. His office now contains a new organization, the Competition and Re-engineering Group (CRG), which will work first on improving in-house operations at county agencies, in part to determine where competition should be applied first and in part to help prepare the agencies for competing with private firms. The CRG has adopted a framework for administering managed competitions that incorporate the techniques of competitive neutrality.