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November 26, 2002
Ground Broken
Intern Morales Gets Glimpse of 'Real World'
Tiny Worm Sparks Interest in 'New Biology of Aging'
CFC Keyworker Thompson Inspires Coworkers
NICHD Spearheads Food Drive for Second Year
'Caring Clowns' Provide Good Medicine at the CC
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NIH Works To Apply A-76 Fairly By Rich McManus
No less than the wisdom of Solomon is required of NIH officials
who are obliged to comply with an old federal policy given new
urgency by the Bush administration: namely, that the government
should not compete with private industry for services that the
private sector can provide. The challenge at NIH is that almost half
the workforce of 18,000 people fall into occupational categories that
are commercial in nature, not inherently governmental. In order to
comply with OMB Circular A-76 and the FAIR (Federal Activities
Inventory Reform) Act of 1998, NIH must review up to half of the
total of its potentially commercial positions in the next few years,
and "outsource" those jobs that the private sector can do in
instances where the company can provide the same goods or
services that federal workers had been providing, at at least a 10
percent savings to Uncle Sam.
Globetrotting Comes Naturally By Rich McManus
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