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The city will save about $1.5 million a year by outsourcing its information technology support needs, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced Thursday.
En Pointe, a private company based in Los Angeles County, has been chosen to take over computer help desk and desktop support services from Data Processing Corp., a quasi-city agency that has managed [...]

BY JOYCE LOBECK.
The city of Yuma is exploring the possibility of turning management of its two municipal golf courses over to the private sector.
“The plan is to put out a request for qualifications to manage Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes golf courses,” said Becky Chavez, director of the Parks and Recreation Department.
She will present that [...]

BY CHRISTOPHER CONKEY
New Orleans plans to outsource nearly every aspect of its mass-transit system to a French company, an approach that could appeal to other cash-strapped American cities looking to cut spending without eliminating bus or rail services.
Under terms of a deal struck earlier this month, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority will pay a [...]

By Craig Gustafson
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders touted job creation as one of his top priorities this week in his State of the City speech. He didn’t mention some of those jobs would be in India.
The city’s first foray into outsourcing — if approved next month by the City Council — would switch some of [...]

(The Valley News-Dispatch – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Butler County officials have agreed to outsource laundry services at the county-operated Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in order to improve the cash-strapped facility’s finances.
The home has moved from an in-house laundry service with 11 employees to outsourcing to the state prison in Somerset. SCI-Somerset [...]