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December 12, 2003 - Government Outsourcing
part oneOregon is where 95-percent of the nation's private wildland fire crews come from. We visited Oregon's largest wildfire this year (the B&B Complex) to explore how this is changing the world of wildland firefighting. Then we'll discuss privatizing government jobs with panelists Tim Nesbitt with the AFL/CIO and John Charles with the Cascade Policy Institute.
Additional Resources
- Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
- Cascade Policy Institute
- Oregon AFL/CIO
- U.S. Forest Service
- B & B Complex information
- National Center for Policy Analysis on outsourcing
- News and Opinion on Privatizing Government (gnp.org)
- Governing Magazine
- Government executive magazine
- Cato Institute
- Libertarian Party
- Taxpayers for Common Sense
- Center for Public Integrity
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