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President Obama Signs Bill into Law to Stop A-76 Privatization Studies Through FY2009
March 28th, 2009
Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act which will suspend all new OMB Circular A-76 studies through FY2009, thanks to Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY), the chairs of the Senate and House Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittees, and the lobbying efforts of AFGE. The A-76 process had been severely criticized by the Government Accountability Office in two 2008 reports for, in many instances, costing more than it saved and for its disproportionately adverse impact on female and African-American federal employees. The Omnibus Appropriations Act also requires all agencies except the...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-03-28)
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