The National Treasury Employees Union has announced that
it sent a letter to David Safavian, the new administrator
for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, seeking to
establish a dialog about his reported comments that the
White House is considering a reversal of its policy banning
the direct conversion of federal jobs to private contractors.
Currently, federal agencies may directly convert functions
if they are performed by 10 or fewer employees, the work is
contracted to a preferred provider, or the agency could
place all those employees in other positions.
