[at-l] FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING PROGRAM A FIASCO, GAO FINDS

[David Addleton]

well, do you blame him for trying to find $$ after the iraq fiasco?
don't get me wrong here, republicans, but I'm still trying to figure out how
we're going to prevent Iran from going nuclear . . .

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Jan Lite <liteshoe at gmail.com> wrote:

> FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING PROGRAM A FIASCO, GAO FINDS — Scathing
> Report Rips Firefighting Erosion, Illusory Savings and Law Violations
>
> Washington, DC — A Bush White House initiative that pressures federal
> agencies to put civil service jobs up for bid by private contractors
> has wreaked havoc in the U.S. Forest Service, according to a
> Government Accountability Office report released today. The GAO found
> the program put the nation's fire response capabilities at risk,
> violated congressional restrictions and used shady accounting
> practices to hide costs – findings that validate past criticisms by
> National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Forest Service Council
> and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). ...
> http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=994
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