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    President Obama will reduce the number of contracts that outsource government work to private firms, according to a Washington Post report.

    That goal was included in statements Obama made in campaign letters sent to employees at seven federal agencies in an effort to garner their votes in the election. The letters were sent in response to a request from John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees.

    Other promises made in the letter included paid family leave, flexible work schedules, more opportunities for teleworking and improved bargaining rights. Defense was the only agency he made promises about that didn’t include extra spending, the Post said.

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    Reader comments

    Sat, Aug 22, 2009 Jon M California

    Its about time. IT has been outsourced for some time, now they are getting around to everyone else. From customer service to HR and legal aides. Where does it stop? After trying to call the California Unemployment department 50 times with no answer, I was finally connected to a call center in India. How can our own government betray the American Worker like that? Microsoft laid off 1400 workers, US citizens and Indian Visa workers alike, but no one on the Indian continent. We are not raising anyone's standard of living including our own. Indians are emailing the president and posting on the internet, they certainly have us outnumbered and in some cases outclassed yes, but all things being equal the American worker cannot compete with 3thrd world wages, no matter how good they are. I respect and admire the tenacity of the Indian workers, but charity begins at home. If we complain we seem to be labeled racist and anti-globalist. I prefer to think of myself as a nationalist, and people who hire American workers over the the bottom line I would consider patriots.

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