Thanks for sharing. This really doesn't surprise me at all. I started as a
contractor at the National Park Service before I became a Federal employee.
As a contractor, I was paid salary and fringe benefits equivalent to a
Federal employee -- plus NPS had to pay a 10% overhead. Unfortunately, the
Federal government tends to measure it's workforce by the number of Federal
employee slots available (and not the number of people actually working for
the government such as contractors, etc.). In an effort to look good by
downsizing, they reduce the number of Federal employee slots. However,
since the amount of work isn't reduced, many agencies outsource (often at a
higher cost) to get the work done. The funds are often there, but not the
authority to hire Federal employees.
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From: Julienne Crawford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:52 PM
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Subject: NPS Employees More Cost Effective - Press Release
The NPS just released this Press Release last Friday in regard to the
privatizing their archeologists and curators. A study determined it was
not cost effective to privatize.
National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ? August 8, 2003
John Wright 202 208-4396
David Barna 202 208-6843
Paul Winegar 404 562-3182
National Park Service Archeological Center Employees
Determined to be More Cost Effective than Private Contractors
(Washington, D.C.) --- A recently completed cost comparison as part of a
competitive sourcing study determined that federal workers at the National
Park Service's Southeast Archeological Center in Tallahassee can perform
the center's mission more economically than contracting with private firms.
The study by private consultants is part of a government-wide examination
of selected federal jobs directed by the Office of Management and Budget.
The Park Service is scheduled to study about 1,700 total jobs nationwide as
part of what is called the A-76 process.
"This is good news for us," said National Park Service Director Fran
Mainella. "This supports what I have been saying all along, that our
employees are the most dedicated that I have ever worked with and I believe
will continue to demonstrate their outstanding value to the American
people."
According to Jerre Brumbelow, chief of contracting in the Park Service's
southeast regional office, the study of the Tallahassee center staff, which
consists of mostly archeologists and museum curators, compared costs for
existing contracts for archeological work awarded to private companies with
the costs of performing the same work in-house using government employees.
"The study showed that in this instance using private contractors would
cost nearly twice as much as doing the work with our in-house staff,"
Brumbelow said. "It proves that our employees who are dedicated to the
mission of the service, can provide more resource protection for the parks
than if we contracted it out. Our career professionals are able to provide
archeological services to national park sites in the southeast region,
provide skilled archeological expertise to other federal agencies and
conserve thousands of artifacts now in storage at the center more
efficiently than an outside source."
In the just completed study of the Southeast Archeological Center, the Park
Service used already published contracting data in comparing the costs of
federal vs. private sector competition. Results of the study can be found
on the Fed Biz Opps website located at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. In the
left-hand column select Synopsis/Announcement. Under Synopsis, type in
National Park Service for agency and then under Action Type, select S:
special notice. It should correspond with Special notice A76 Southeast
Archeological Center, Tallahassee, Florida.
-NPS-
EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICATM
The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American
people
Anne Vawser
Archeological Information Management Team Leader
Midwest Archeological Center
National Park Service
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