Hmmm. Fighting terrorism by terrorising workers. Fighting terrorism by removing legal rights. Fighting terrorism by destroying the UN and International Law. What's next?
Cheers, Ken Hanly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:41 PM Subject: outsourcing the State redux > [yet more evidence that Conservative is a pretty meaningless label...] > > > Overhaul of Federal Workforce Sought > By Christopher Lee > Washington Post Staff Writer > Sunday, June 8, 2003; Page A01 > > > The Bush administration, citing national security concerns, is pressing > Congress to enact the biggest overhaul of the federal civil service system > in a quarter-century. > > In the name of reshaping the federal bureaucracy to better counter global > terrorism, administration officials are seeking the authority to rewrite > long-standing pay and personnel rules governing 746,000 civilian employees > at the Department of Defense. The powers would be similar to those won by > the administration last year in a contentious battle over the formation of > the Department of Homeland Security, which has about 180,000 employees. >
