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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 2002
Page
4
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The Bush administration proposes privatizing up to 850,000 federal civilian positions while claiming progress on hiring 44,000 screeners for airports. Labor leaders decry the plan as anti worker, but officials argue shrinking government benefits taxpayers.
The Chicago Tribune argues privatization can cut costs and boost efficiency as many government tasks beyond inherently governmental are ripe for private contracting. It cites Clinton era reforms, DoD data on 241,332 civilian commercial positions, and examples of private gains and risks including fraud and mismanagement.
Mary Wasson Equaury writes angrily about Gabrielle Kilby and others misjudging community response to Amanda Bolin's disappearance and death. She commends police for solving the case, questions ethics of speculation, criticizes federal policy on forests, and laments government overreach in Shawnee Forest planning.
A Hamilton County raid yielded 5 to 10 pounds of marijuana and paraphernalia, but by Sept 9 the marijuana was missing from a storage facility used by COMIT. No arrests have been made, and state police have offered no comment, fueling criticism of transparency and agency cooperation in Franklin County.
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