Best Practices in Government IT Sourcing; Gordon & Glickson Releases Information Technology Outsourcing: A Handbook for Government, Second Edition

Business Wire, May 2, 2005

CHICAGO -- Information technology law firm, Gordon & Glickson LLC, announced the release of its new book Information Technology Outsourcing: A Handbook for Government, Second Edition. Created to serve as a starting point for local, state, and federal government officials, this handbook lays the framework for all of the necessary business issues that must be considered when forging an information technology sourcing agreement with a private sector company.

Mark L. Gordon, managing partner of Gordon & Glickson commented, "With more than 25 years as lead counsel on some of the largest government agency IT sourcing deals ever, we believe our experience and knowledge helps level the playing field - this book demystifies the issues."

"Government managers face growing challenges these days," stated Philip P. McGuigan, co-author and partner at Gordon & Glickson. "Citizens are now demanding more efficient and responsive services from government. Government managers must meet this demand and outsourcing is often a viable alternative. With increasing reports of outsourcing initiatives in distress, there will be an increasing emphasis on the need for robust, carefully articulated outsourcing contracts. The handbook was drafted with a view to assisting government officials in ensuring that all relevant issues are properly and fully addressed."

Divided into four chapters, Information Technology Outsourcing: A Handbook for Government, Second Edition, provides an executive overview of outsourcing, a rundown of the central issues to be worked out in any outsourcing agreement, a catalog of potentially costly issues to be considered, and a short discussion of human resource concerns in information technology outsourcing. For ease of use, the book also includes two checklists, one at the beginning that outlines the high level business and legal issues that arise during the evaluation of any IT outsourcing opportunity, and one at the end that serves as a template for an IT outsourcing contract.

Information Technology Outsourcing: A Handbook for Government was first published by Government Technology in 1998. The second edition, published by International City/County Management Association (ICMA), has been updated and revised to address the concerns of medium-sized and smaller governmental entities and to reflect recent developments in best practices for sourcing. For more information, or to order a copy, please visit ICMA's bookstore at http://bookstore.icma.org, or call 1-800-745-8780, Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.

About Gordon & Glickson

For more than 25 years, Gordon & Glickson's professionals have practiced exclusively in the area of information technology law. This signature practice, which has gained international recognition for its success in addressing the complex issues that arise from the convergence of business and technology, is built on a foundation of conventional legal disciplines -- corporate, commercial, finance, intellectual property, and litigation. For more information about Gordon & Glickson, please visit www.ggtech.com.