• DOI:10.1111/PSQ.12022
Corpus ID: 153330030

The American Presidency and the Power of the Purchaser

@article{Gitterman2013TheAP,
  title={The American Presidency and the Power of the Purchaser},
  author={D. Gitterman},
  journal={Presidential Studies Quarterly},
  year={2013},
  volume={43},
  pages={225-251}
}

D. Gitterman

Published 2013

Political Science

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Federal procurement is a powerful weapon by which American presidents attempt to expand their power and shape public policy in areas in which Congress has not acted or will not act. In the same way that presidents exercise political control over the bureaucracy and agency regulatory rulemaking, they exert direct control and influence over procurement rulemaking and thereby attempt to shape the behavior of private sector companies. For more than half a century, presidents have exercised this… CONTINUE READING

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