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Article: Congress chips away at competitive sourcing: opponents target Defense, Interior, Forest Service.
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- Set-Aside Alert
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- July 25, 2003
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Congressional opponents of outsourcing have won two rounds in Congress.
The House approved a provision that would block all job competitions in the Interior Department and the Agriculture Department's Forest Service during fiscal 2004. The provision is Section 335 of Interior's 2004 appropriations bill, which was passed July 17.
The Senate voted to prohibit the Defense Department from using the streamlined competition procedures of OMB's revised Circular A-76. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (DMA), was added to the 2004 Defense appropriations bill, which also passed July 17.
Final details of the bills will be decided by ...