Gov. Bill Haslam says he’s not hiding any decisions about whether to privatize more jobs in state government, but he’s defending his right to withhold communications between him and his staff about the effort.
The governor told reporters Tuesday that
the three documents
his administration has held back related to outsourcing contain no significant information. But he added that releasing them would give Tennesseans
a false impression of how far along outsourcing is.
“They’re things like agendas. They’re part of the whole deliberative process,” he said. “I can assure you, there’s nothing that’s part of that process that would be news in any way to you.”
Haslam says those documents would show that he’s being briefed on privatization. But they’d also show he hasn’t greenlighted any projects.
He says it’s not certain when he will. He notes that his administration has been talking to vendors about outsourcing marinas and golf courses for two years. So far, no company has made an offer that he’s accepted.
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