Playing Defense

At the Defense Department, federal workers have won more than two-thirds of all public-private job competitions held from fiscal 1996 through 2003:
Federal workers 67%
Contractors 33%

But contractors tend to prevail when 'direct conversions' are factored in:

Federal workers 45%
Contractors 55%

Source: Defense Department

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