United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-12-15 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-96-23 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23 P0b002ee18038b1be f:ai96023 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23 AIMD-96-23 Privatization Federal corporations Deficit reduction Foreign governments Economic analysis Non-government enterprises Profits Sales Fair market value Competition Dept. of the Interior Helium Conservation Program United Kingdom Canada France Mexico New Zealand Naval Petroleum Reserve Letter Report AIMD A variety of divestiture proposals are now being considered in the United States, including selling the Naval Petroleum Reserves, four Power Marketing Administrations, and the Helium Program. Because the U.S. government has limited experience with asset divestiture, GAO examined the experiences of other governments for lessons that might prove useful for the United States. For this study, GAO reviewed the divestiture experiences of the following five countries: Canada, France, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom and major industries that have been fully or partially privatized such as agriculture, mining and construction, manufacturing, transportation and public utilities, finance, insurance, and real estate, and services. This report discusses (1) the privatization process, (2) the valuation and preparation of the assets for sale, and (3) the use and display of the sale proceeds for budgetary purposes. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23.pdf GAO/AIMD-96-23 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-23 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-96-23; Budget Issues: Privatization/Divestiture Practices in Other Nations; Privatization Federal corporations Deficit reduction Foreign governments Economic analysis Non-government enterprises Profits Sales Fair market value Competition Dept. of the Interior Helium Conservation Program United Kingdom Canada France Mexico New Zealand Naval Petroleum Reserve