[PhiKapMom]

Getting better and better! Can just hear Pelosi and Daschle -- best news is that he doesn't need their approval!

This works well in AFMC -- workload has improved since they are on contract. No more complacent civilians as they know their contract is tied to performance. The joint civilian/contractor mix seems to be working out from everything I have seen here at Tinker AFB. At least it is a lot better than when it was all Civil Service and they didn't worry about keeping their jobs!

[RichGuy]

I worked as a contractor at Kirtland AFB for a couple of years before a recent move. The incentive clauses available to government contracting agencies can be used to work miracles via contract. We were an incentive fee type contract. Our performance exceeded all contract requirements within three months of starting the contract.

The only problem the government has when they contract a function is that it still takes them several years to get rid of the folks who used to do the job.

[Governor]

I've been working in a Air Farce Calibration as a contractor since '94. The troops love us, we have a required 5 day turn-around for equipment . The old Blue-suit lab took as high as 3 weeks for a simple meter to be returned. There are 7 of us, 2 admin, 1 Quality Assurance and 4 techs replacing 27 Air Farce personnel.

[jackbill]

This works well in AFMC -- workload has improved since they are on contract. No more complacent civilians as they know their contract is tied to performance. The joint civilian/contractor mix seems to be working out from everything I have seen here at Tinker AFB. At least it is a lot better than when it was all Civil Service and they didn't worry about keeping their jobs!

Back in the mid 80's, before I retired from a defense contractor, I went on what the AF called "Logistics Tours" - one to McClellan AFB in Sacramento and the other to Warner-Robins, GA. I was flabbergasted to see the number of civilian workers sitting around with nothing to do. And one empty building after another, especially at McClellan.

You may remember McClellan. It was supposed to be closed in one of the Base Closures but Clinton violated it and kept it open. I believe that the result was keeping the work there but it is being done by private employers. I'm not sure of this.