I think it would be hard for the government to sustain a bench of resources with very specific skill sets. I think it would be hard to find the people and make them stay in one position. People like being consultants because they can bump around. I think the model is something between what we have now and what's currently in place, in which you get your hired guns; you bring them in for a project, and then you let them go. Otherwise you have unions involved and you have benches of resources sitting doing nothing. I think there is a place to continue to have contractors.
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