Good Neighbor Authority in Oregon : Comparison of state and federal contracting provisions

Abstract

12 pages ; The purpose of this paper is to examine similarities and differences between treatment of forest workers and small and disadvantaged businesses performing the same work in Oregon: a.) under existing federal pathways for accomplishing forest restoration work, and; b.) under the Good Neighbor Authority pathway, which allows for the use of state procurement law to accomplish work on federal land. ; This work was funded via an agreement with the Oregon Department of Forestry.