On the recordSeptember 27, 2010
It seems that, wittingly or unwittingly, we created a system that it's much harder to hire a full-time DOD employee than it is to write a contract worth 10 or 20 times more.
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Reed comments on the difficulties of hiring DOD employees compared to contracting.
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