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West Point privatization plan expected to be canceled
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday he has been told that the Army is backing off plans to privatize more than 300 public works jobs at the U.S. Military Academy.
Schumer said that Army Secretary John McHugh called him Monday and said the plan is likely to be scrapped, but a formal decision is yet to come.
In March, the Army said it wanted Ginn Group of Peachtree City, Ga., to take over carpentry, plumbing, grounds maintenance and some other operations at West Point. The plan ran into fierce political opposition from Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., and other lawmakers.
Last week the Government Accountability Office, citing flaws in the cost comparison analysis, said the privatization plan would waste taxpayer dollars.
COMMENTS
- When can we expect an investigation into this?? This was pure Chicago politics and who ever pulled this stunt needs to be prosecuted dan m ketter Posted November 3, 2009 4:49 PM
- They would have saved money. For about two years and then, if history is a teacher, the contractor would have raised the rates to above what the Fed was already doing it for. I am glad common sense prevailed, it rarely does. John A. Fernung Posted November 3, 2009 6:32 AM
- why save the taxpayers any $$ when we already have a $8 trillion dollar deficit this year.. heck there is more money out there just keep sticking it to the taxpayers dan m ketter Posted October 28, 2009 3:38 PM
