No Timetable on Larger Goal

The Bush team first addressed its intentions for the contracting-out program during the campaign during 2000, when officials indicated that their ultimate goal is to have half of the government’s commercial and industrial type jobs either contracted out or at least subject to contracting reviews. However, the administration has not set a target date for reaching that level. Instead, the focus has been on the shorter-term goals of 5 percent in fiscal 2002 and another 10 percent in fiscal 2003.