Transborder Service Systems: Pathways for Innovation or Threats to Accountability?

This report describes the emergence of contracts that cross local borders. One example is Edison Schools, which is now the country’s leading private manager of public schools, operating 136 schools in 22 states. Another example is Maximus Incorporate that operates social service programs in all 50 states, 49 of the fifty largest cities, and 27 of the thirty largest counties. A third example includes the construction of the new Cross Israel Highway that is led by the Canadian Highways Infrastructure Corporation. The paper will present additional examples and discuss the challenges raised by these transjurisdictional contracts. Market-Based Government