On the recordMay 27, 2010
The trouble is, this is not working so great for the Department of Defense, and to take it to all the other departments of government is not a good idea. We were promised that we would have a cost analysis that the validity of analysis and cost models would be provided, and that really hasn't been provided. So we have these glowing claims that this is going to save money, but we haven't seen the analysis backing that up. What we do know is that there will be people in the private sector losing their jobs. Now, sure, it will get transferred to the government service, but are we comparing apples to apples or apples to oranges? The claims that this will save money, I am not sure they take into account such things as health care coverage and pensions and things like that that a Federal employee would receive on top of their salary. I also question the long-term strategic use, especially in the Defense Department, of the great amounts of in-sourcing that are being talked about, because the most innovation that we get comes historically from the private sector.
