Controversy Over Privatizing National Park Work

The National Park Service -- once dismissed by the former director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget as the "world's largest lawn-care service" -- is the prime target of an unprecedented push to privatize federal jobs.

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October 1, 2003, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

The Senate may resurrect [an] unprecedented push [by the Bush administration] to privatize federal jobs deemed "commercial" in nature...what was once a relatively obscure domestic policy issue for the Bush Administration, has now become a heated debate.

Thanks to brett cochrane

FULL STORY: Park Service controversy over outsourcing

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 in The Christian Science Monitor

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