Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2011-09-17T13:48:51-04:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad POGO: Feds Waste, Not Save, Billions on Outsourcing Contracts tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2015391ae9b6a970b 2011-09-17T13:48:51-04:00 2011-09-17T13:48:51-04:00 Reporting on a study by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), the New York Times says: "Despite a widespread belief that contracting out services to the private sector saves the federal government money, a new study suggests just the opposite — that the government actually pays more when it farms out work. Steve Peacock