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March 2008

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March, 27 2008

New GAO Report: Contractors as Contract Specialists

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The GAO released a new report yesterday highlighting the use of contractors to serve as defense contract specialists, managing procurement. In just a few short years -- since 2003 when the Center for Contract Excellence (CCE) began using contractors in this role -- their contractor population has swelled to 42% of CCE's contracting force.

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GAO-08-360 Defense Contracting: Army Case Study Delineates Concerns with Use of Contractors as Contract Specialists

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Tags: GAO, defense, contracting, center for contract excellence, government, conflict of interest, contractor risks
Categories: Papers
March, 24 2008

Obama's IC Bill Still In Committee

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Senator Obama's Senate bill confronting independent contractor classification is currently in the Senate Finance Committee. In case you haven't been tracking this issue, the bill was introduced last September and would allow the U.S. Treasury to wield a whole lot more power than it currently does. In one sense it would 'take the muzzle off' the dogs of enforcement. In addition, the bill will also eliminate the "everybody's doing it" defense of industry practice as a justification for worker misclassification.

If the bill becomes law, it would dramatically shift the landscape of contractor classification. Industries known to habitually misclassify workers would be fair game for investigation, and information for workers about proper classification would be added to the Department of Labor's workplace signage to help make sure every worker understands their labor rights.

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Tags: Obama, S. 2044, independent contractor classification, law, bill, senate
Categories: Legislation

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