Civil Servants and Contract Employees: Who Should Do What for the Federal Government?

Abstract

Federal agencies use contractors to do work that GAO believes Federal employees should do because the work involves basic management decisions. Although contractors may not be making final decisions, GAO is concerned about the extent to which contractors are influencing agencies' control of Federal programs and policies. Ironically, while Federal agencies use contractors for work that should be done in-house, they use Government employees to provide commercial services that contractors could provide in many cases at a lower cost. GAO recommends that the Congress and the Office of Management and Budget improve oversight and management of the Federal contract work force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 19, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103568

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • President (United States)
  • Procurement
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Organizational Psychology.