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November 6, 2008
"Use Campaign Energy for Government's Real Work"
Op-Ed, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By Debra K. Decker, Former Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2006–2011 and Regina Ryan
"Instead of outsourcing government work to private companies, the Barack Obama administration should devise a program to bring private individuals in, not as costly contractors, not as stifled civil servants, but as low-paid but happy "volunteers." There are only limited opportunities available now....These would be people who may not want to have a 20-year career in government but who like the idea of service and have the skills so needed in government today...."
