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Snowden Debacle Spotlights Contracting Hazards

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Harvard Business Review's Tammy Erickson describes in glowing terms "The Rise of the New Contract Worker ". The Defense Department would appear to be reevaluating this popular labor trend, though. The Huffington Post reports that while contractors comprise less than a quarter of the Defense Department's labor force, they account for 50 percent of its cost. …

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American Competitiveness: The New Untouchables or The New Half Truth?

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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman makes a superficially compelling case for reforming education in pursuit of American Competitiveness. But is he overstating its promise?