The End of A-76?

From Robert Brodsky:

The Omnibus spending bill, which passed the House on Wednesday, could spell the end of the highly-controversial public-private job competitions.

The bill includes a one-year government-wide ban on any new A-76 job competitions for federal work under the Office of Management and Budget contracting rules. The job competitions have long been fought by government labor unions and some congressional Democrats.

“These provisions are the clearest sign yet that Congress recognizes the previous administration’s competitive sourcing initiative has been a disaster,” said Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union

The bill would require federal agencies to establish guidelines for insourcing work that is now being performed by private contractors, but at one point was done by federal employees and would prohibit funding for the privatization of federal tax collection.