From the July 29, 2009 Fedweek weekly issue

Subject:       Contracting Government Work Restricted

Several restrictions on contracting-out policy are contained in the DoD authorization measures 
and in appropriations measures advancing in Congress. The House-passed DoD bill would place 
a three-year moratorium on future Circular A-76 contracting out studies at DoD, suspend all 
studies currently in progress until the administration conducts a review, and require that 
any future A-76 study be finished within 18 months. The Senate version would impose a 
moratorium there until DoD complies with an existing law to develop an inventory of activities 
conducted by contractors and identify functions that should be subject to competition. The 
pending Senate version of the general government appropriations bill (S-1432) meanwhile would 
continue for another year the current moratorium on starting new studies government-wide and 
require greater reporting by agencies on their contracting activities, while the House-passed 
version (HR-3170) would additionally require agencies to assess whether work currently under 
contract should be brought in-house.