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Competitive Sourcing

From the beginning, competitive sourcing faced an uphill battle. The idea of competing federal jobs that are considered commercial in nature, faced steep resist...

Federal News Network Staff

December 31, 2008 4:02 pm

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From the beginning, competitive sourcing faced an uphill battle. The idea of competing federal jobs that are considered commercial in nature, faced steep resistance from employee unions and on Capitol Hill. Despite these road blocks, the Bush administration pressed forward. It rewrote the regulations, continued to push agencies to compete for jobs and eventually changed the name of the initiative to Commercial Services Management. FederalNewsRadio’s Jason Miller has details on just how much of an impact competitive sourcing actually had, and what will come of it.Click to hear the interview.