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DI Promotion |
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Contract work sometimes bites, too |
| Date Posted: |
01/27/2006 |
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Easy. You lose the government benefits of a more secure job, and a better pension. That is why contracting makes sense for those with their 20 years of service. But remember, CIA is not employment for life. All it will take is a Democratic administration that wants to "reform" the CIA for "intelligence lapses", and 30% of the staff could be cut. It has happened before... |
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Another thought on contracting. In my experience, the most interesting and important missions an agency has are usually done primarily by gov't employees, supplemented by contractors. Lower priority missions (i.e. the scut work) usually involve more contractor support.
Why? Contractors are basically "extra" employees who are only funded for 1, 3, or 5 year blocks. Consequently, they tend to be used by agencies for those missions that are "nice to have" but not essential.
After all, would you assign a contractor to run your most important counterterrorism mission only to have his funding run out next fiscal year? Better to assign him to something you can live without, like profiling third world heads of state.
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