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Contracting Out Legislative Report for 2005 (Members Only)

Friday January 20, 2006

As recent headlines in such publications as Federal Times and The Washington Post indicate (“Outlook for competitive sourcing dims”, “New laws filled with anti-outsourcing measures”, “Congress Continues to Place Limits on Outsourcing of Government Jobs”), 2005 was a good year, legislatively, for AFGE in its fight against the Administration’s wholesale privatization agenda. In years past, although losing votes in public, the Administration was ultimately able to prevail behind closed doors through heavy-handed veto threats. However, in 2005, instead of just winning votes in committee and on the floor, AFGE and its champions actually prevailed in House-Senate conferences. [more]

Items discussed include:

1. WIN Transportation-Treasury Appropriations: Competition Rights (employees in all agencies except Transportation Security Administration);
2. WIN Defense Authorization: Competition Rights (all Department of Defense civilian employees);
3. WIN Transportation-Treasury Appropriations / Defense Authorization: Contracting In (employees in all agencies);
4. WINS Safavian’s Hit List (employees in Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Interior, and Agriculture);
5. WORK-IN-PROGRESS Veterans Affairs Authorization: Competition Process (employees in Veterans Health Administration); and
6. LOSS Defense Authorization: Appeal Rights (employees in all agencies).