Action of OMB Designed To Expand the Amount of Contracting Out of Functions Now Performed by Civil Service Employees

An Office of Management and Budget (OMB) release and GAO plans for monitoring major developments concerning the contracting out of functions now performed in-house by Government employees were discussed. Previously, GAO recommended that OMB give consideration to developing a series of rates tailored to each type of activity to be contracted out. It was also recommended by GAO that social security costs for private sector employees be computed on the dynamic normal basis, as are retirement costs for civil service employees.