Contract killings.(Up Front)(OMB Circular A-76)(Brief article)
American Prospect, The, April, 2007
"OMB Circular A-76" isn't exactly a household term, but this late into the Bush era, maybe it should be. It's the process through which the White House's "competitive sourcing" initiative has served to put thousands of government jobs into bidding competition with private contractors.
This is not in itself, however, a guarantee of quality control. Consider the case of Florida-based IAP Worldwide Services, one such contractor. IAP's CEO came to the company after a tenure at Halliburton subsidiary KBR, during which he had to appear at a congressional hearing to ...
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