Pentagon Gives Up on Reducing Contractors
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Only a year ago, the Department of Defense announced a commitment to reduce the number of contractors it uses for various services and functions. That plan has already been discarded by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who quietly dropped the goal of cutting contractor totals by 33,000 within five years when he announced plans for deep personnel cuts and eliminating a major military command. Under the 2009 proposal the Pentagon was going to phase out contractor slots and gradually increase the number of full-time government employees by 39,000, with 20,000 of those handling procurement duties.
As recently as May 28, the Defense Department was boasting that “In-sourcing is a high priority” and that military contractors would be reduced to pre-George W. Bush levels. During the Bush administration, spending on military contracts almost doubled. Gates had hoped to insource previously contracted services in such areas as logistical support of aviation systems, safety engineering, cost accounting, anti-terrorism training and religious support. However, on Monday he said, "As we were reducing contractors, we weren't seeing the savings we had hoped from insourcing."
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
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