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U.S. Army Mulls Outsourcing Jobs By LEIGH STROPE, AP Labor Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is considering contracting out nearly 214,000 military and civilian support jobs to the private sector in an ambitious plan to free money to fight terrorism and comply with President Bush's desire to trim the federal government through outsourcing. Army Secretary Thomas E. White has directed his commanders to submit plans by Dec. 20 to privatize or outsource all functions not essential to fighting wars. If approved, the unprecedented government overhaul could begin this spring and affect two-thirds of the Army civilian work force. Military personnel would be reassigned. 'The Army must focus its energies and talents on our core competencies — functions we perform better than anybody else... and obtain other needed products or services from the private sector where it makes sense,' White said in an Oct. 4 memo. Targeted are 154,910 civilian workers and 58,727 military personnel that perform support functions such as financial, legal, communications and maintenance.
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