Cool. More jobs for folks. The key now, is for the government to be able to hang on to these new civil servants, or suffer the same fate as the poor companies that treat their people like crap or have poor management. And if the government does not pay a fair wage for these positions, then they will have a tough time filling some of this stuff. But like I said, this is great news for those that need jobs.
As for the war related jobs, I just don’t see a major shift. In fact, security contractors will probably be in more of a demand, as the war expands in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Africa, as well as maintains itself in Iraq over the coming years. –Matt
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Pentagon seeks to dump contractors for 30,000 new workers
By Christopher Hinton
Last update: 4:02 p.m. EDT April 6, 2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Pentagon wants to hire 13,000 new civil sernvants in 2010, with plans to hire as many as 30,000 new workers over the next five years, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Monday. “Under this budget request, we will reduce the number of support service contractors from our current 39% of the workforce to the pre-2001 level of 26%, and replace them with full-time government employees,” Gates said. Military suppliers have seen a windfall of contracts from the military since 2001 to provide services such as security, translation, logistics, and technical training.
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