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  Was it any surprise that minorities and women would take the blunt of the dislocation from contract outsourcing? Of course not and I have personally seen it in the work place. The NAACP is right on track with this and should get Jessie Jackson right in there fighting for fairness and to stop this racial outsourcing. Believe me the ratios of blacks to whites and asians are extremely frightening for minorities. Many government jobs are contracted out to cities where minorities just don't live thereby limiting the jobs to local residents of those towns. One of the major Aerospace companies won a contract to provide maintenance to the navy at their relocated Top Gun school in Fallon, Nevada. Needless to say there aren't many minorities living in the freezing winter and blazing hot Fallon, Nevada. Out of maybe 80 employees I saw two black males and a couple women working for this company. In another instance of contract maintenance the supervisor and hiring authority for the company was of asian decent and needless to say he hired all asian workers until complaints were filed by federal employees about the companies hiring practices. Go Jessie Go, and turn on the light so the cockroaches can be seen scurrying around trying to hide.

  GovExec.com reader Posted March 2, 2004 7:33 PM
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  I beleive outsourcing will have an effect on Veteran's preference. How many contractors give Veteran's preference? I also don't believe that this is about saving tax money, it's about creating profit.

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 27, 2004 6:42 PM
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  Suprise, Suprise, Suprise! AFGE and the NAACP have teamed up to oppose the Bush administration - oh, and its competitive sourcing program. Hey, let's not let the facts get in the way - let's just take another cheap shot and get it published. Facts? Well, take for example that there is no evidence of a disparate impact, but we will stop it anyway! Take, for example, that The Bush Agenda does not apply to the Postal Service - but its a good example anyway! Take, for example the unknown impact, if any, of competitive sourcing on veterans' preference, but lets raise that one too - anyway. Or take, for example, the suggestion that federal competition with the private sector should be suspended to protect certain groups regardless of cost or performance. I think that is what upsets me the most - the less than subtle idea that federal employment is and should be nothing more than a social program. Hey, here's a solution: let's borrow more money, convert all commercial work to in-house federal performance, directly hire the increased number of unemployed into government and then think up some plan - like going to Mars - to spend it on. We can do it all in-house! Who would not be happy with that? Cheaper services, a postive long-term impact on society generated by a bigger government, reduced unemployment, reduced welfare costs, equity in the workplace, wider access to Federal health benefits, reduced taxes, less cronyism, better and more accountable performance and, oh yes, the impact of having more federal retirees.

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 22, 2004 9:15 AM
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  You also should sign-up AARP because the outsourcing also has a disproportionate impact on workers over forty-- age discrimination!

  I think the way to protest this is to require that the contractors that win the bid have to have the same proportion of minorities and women that were present in the government unit that is being replaced. A move to oppose the contracting out itself will meet with little acceptance because it is supposed to save my tax money.

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 21, 2004 6:34 AM