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White House to seek input on roles of private contractors, federal workers
By Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
On Wednesday, the Obama administration will begin seeking formal input from stakeholders on a knotty pair of questions: What kind of tasks should be performed by federal workers, and which ones can be handled by contractors?
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy will publish draft guidelines in Wednesday's Federal Register to clarify the definition of "inherently governmental functions," or jobs that should be performed by government workers instead of private contractors. The draft says that such tasks are so directly tied to the public interest that they must be done by government workers.
Those tasks include setting agency policy, hiring workers, awarding contracts and performing other core roles, such as inspectors at the Labor Department or airport security screeners with the Department of Homeland Security.
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By Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
On Wednesday, the Obama administration will begin seeking formal input from stakeholders on a knotty pair of questions: What kind of tasks should be performed by federal workers, and which ones can be handled by contractors?
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy will publish draft guidelines in Wednesday's Federal Register to clarify the definition of "inherently governmental functions," or jobs that should be performed by government workers instead of private contractors. The draft says that such tasks are so directly tied to the public interest that they must be done by government workers.
Those tasks include setting agency policy, hiring workers, awarding contracts and performing other core roles, such as inspectors at the Labor Department or airport security screeners with the Department of Homeland Security.