Reply to post: No one works in Washington except contractors

Biz that OK'd Edward Snowden for security clearance is fined $30m for obvious reasons

Javapapa

No one works in Washington except contractors

The bureaucrats simply approve invoices. Outsourcing went into high gear under Reagan and the feds started buying COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) hardware. You would be amazed by the amount of whitebox computers purchased, some even assembled in the suburbs.

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