Influencing Government Networks through the Campaign

As the federal government increasingly turns to the private sector

for advanced products and services, agencies and companies

are finding it harder to deliver high-quality results on time

and within budget.Several factors are contributing to this trend.

Between 1999 and 2007, the number of employees in the private sector

working under contract to the federal government jumped 27 percent,

from 5.9 to 7.5 million.At the same time, the stakeholders involved

in decisions concerning these cont