[quote=AN][quote=SK in CV]Do you have any idea the hoops that you have to jump through to be an approved federal contractor? (I’ve been through that process, becoming an approved contractor for Apple is the only more tedious process I’ve ever seen.) I’m not saying it never happens, but it’s extraordinary when an federal employee leaves their position and immediately become direct contractor to the federal government without an intermediary. Beyond the hoops required to become an approved federal contractor, the federal government contracts out specific jobs/duties, not positions. They contract with XYZ Company to provide technical support for abc functions. Not 40 hours a week that meets a specific job description.[/quote]There is your problem right there. If it’s so top secret, why even outsource it in the first place. In the private sector, work you’re doing that’s important to your IP do not get outsourced. Only stuff that is not important to your core IP. If the stuff that the government is outsourcing is not important to its core secrecy, then why make all the hoops. If it is important, why outsource? The only reason I see why they have all the hoops is that big gov contracting companies can keep the monopoly on the position.[/quote]
Because it’s a lot more lucrative to key decision makers to outsource it. There is more money for everyone in outsourcing. Who do you think is spending more money to expand government: lobbyists/contractors, or federal employee unions?
