Again, PRIVATE contractors, not public workers/unions.
I guarantee you, they could get it done more cheaply if they used govt workers.
If you want to address fraud and abuse, you’ll find the majority of it comes from deals where public money and PRIVATE companies/interests intersect. It dwarfs any fraud/abuse done on the part of public workers.[/quote]
CAR: But those private companies are required to work within FAR/CFR guidelines, which include mandatory compliance with federal wage and labor laws which dictate the use of Prevailing Wages. I doubt that government workers could do it cheaper (because they’d be required to use Prevailing Wage standards as well).
If you wanted to truly get the best bang for your buck, you’d make it true low bidder and the (present) market would drive down costs considerably.
On certain federal projects, such as NRC/DOE you are actually required to use union labor, which really spikes costs. I’ve done security projects at NGS (nuke generating stations) where 100% compliance with union labor is the norm and the labor costs (compared to other Military/Federal projects using Prevailing Wage) were obscene. Cost overruns, work stoppages and incessant Change Orders were the norm. It wasn’t uncommon to pay 3x to 4x what the job should’ve cost and all because of the union labor angle.
