AFGE Defeats House Measure to Lift A-76 Ban: Thanks to AFGE activists, an amendment to the 2014 Defense Authorization bill that would have lifted the ban on the privatization process at DoD was defeated last week. The measure, offered by anti-federal employee Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia, was voted down 177-248. Opposition to the amendment was led by Reps. Rob Bishop of Utah and Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii. They were very ably assisted by Reps. Matthew Cartwright of Pennsylvania, Walter Jones of North Carolina, and Chris Stewart of Utah. Congress outlawed the use of the A-76 privatization process during the Bush administration after findings by the DoD Inspector General that it was biased against federal employees and GAO that the costs of conducting the studies often exceed the guesstimated savings. OMB and DoD, formerly A-76’s biggest boosters, both oppose striking prohibitions against the A-76 process until various problems have been fixed.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:15:37 +0000
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