American Federation of Government Employees has thanked Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Penn., and several other members of Congress for sponsoring an amendment to the Department of Defense’s spending bill that kept civilian defense jobs from being outsourced.
The A-76 outsourcing process is “deeply flawed, disruptive and costly to agency missions,” AFGE’s National President J. David Cox Sr. declared, citing the Government Accountability Office and the DoD’s Inspector General’s findings.
Cox also said taxpayers “benefit when the government’s work is performed by civil service employees,” since they’re more cost-effective and accountable than private-sector employees. Plus, he continued, the “current privatization process is biased against federal workers, which is why Congress must retain the longstanding ban on contracting out federal jobs using the flawed A-76 outsourcing method.”
The amendment was added to the spending package after passing with a 253-172 vote. Amendment co-sponsors included Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., Rob Bishop, R-Utah, Tom Cole, R-Okla., Paul Cook, R-Calif., Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., Walter Jones, R-N.C., Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, Austin Scott, R-Ga., and Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.Y.
Rachael Kalinyak is an editorial intern with Network Solutions.
