Contracting becomes a political issue

Using contractors to perform the government's work has become a political issue. Mrs. Clinton is calling on cutting 500,000 government contractor jobs. According to the article, this ups John Kerry's call to cut 100,000 contractors during the last election cycle.

Based on the reports, there wasn't a discussion of which, if any, government functions would be cut or if the federal workforce would increase to account for the lost contractor support.

Regardless, contracting issues are becoming issues of interest in political arenas. Stay tuned...