AFGE CALLS FOR GUIDANCE ON PROHIBITING DIRECT CONVERSIONS
Update (Nov. 6, 2011): AFGE received a signed response letter from Mr. Stanley on Oct. 26 indicating that the department is in the process of developing the guidance that we requested.
Original post (Aug. 24, 2011): The American Federation of Government Employees is calling on the Department of Defense to issue guidance to agencies on the legal prohibitions against direct conversions of federal jobs to contractor personnel.
In an Aug. 19 letter to Clifford Stanley, undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, AFGE National President John Gage said DoD should follow the lead of the Army and issue guidance departmentwide regarding the ban on direct conversions.
Existing law prohibits all federal agencies from giving work last performed by federal employees to contractors without a formal cost comparison, while DoD specifically is barred from such direct conversions without first conducting a public-private competition.
Despite these prohibitions, however, direct conversions occur on a fairly regular basis throughout DoD, Gage wrote.
Such conversions are a serious problem because they violate federal law and leave civilian employees vulnerable to the contracting whims of their commanders.
A full copy of the letter is posted below.
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