A-76 Moratorium To Be Extended

By Robert Brodsky

The $450 billion Omnibus legislation approved by House and Senate negotiators Tuesday night once again extends the moratorium on new public-private competitions for federal work and denies any funding for government use of private tax debt collectors.

In addition to the one-year ban A-76 job competitions--which was also included in the 2009 Omnibus bill--the fiscal 2010 spending package also requires federal agencies to create an annual inventory of their service contracts to determine whether work now being done by private contractors should be insourced to federal employees.

"I am particularly pleased to see continuing congressional attention to the issue of who does the work of the federal government," said Colleen M. Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union. "As I have said repeatedly, when provided with adequate resources and appropriate training, no one can perform the work of the federal government as well as dedicated and accountable federal employees."