On the recordJune 1, 2011
That is correct. The gentleman is correct. Today it is prohibited that this may be allowed in favor of the government hiring services through a Federal Government employee. What drives me to once again come on the floor as I have done for 15 years is that I believe that there are inherently governmental functions that a government employee must perform. However, when there is something like changing oil for a fleet of trucks, mowing grass, coming in and cleaning a building, performing functions that can be done more efficiently-- perhaps it's with computers, perhaps it's with data systems, perhaps it's professional services that can be done better, rather than flying employees in from the Federal Government, but when they can be more cost effective, then a process is gone through. This process is called the A-76 process, and it's where the local management would look at the functions up to and including loaded costs for what it takes to perform the duties that might be done. And generally speaking, there is a 30 percent cheaper value or cost to the government when it's done by an outside contractor as opposed to a Federal Government employee.
