IFPTE Efforts to Defeat Pro-Contracting NDAA Amendment Successful

IFPTE successfully worked last week to defeat legislation sponsored by South Carolina Representative, Nancy Mace, that would have lifted the moratorium on Department of Defense (DOD) A-76 competitions to determine whether federal work is appropriate for outsourcing and privatization.

Congresswoman Mace’s misguided effort, which came during the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) consideration of the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), would have resulted in the loss of DOD federal civilian jobs to the private sector, likely including IFPTE represented jobs.  In the letter opposing the amendment, IFPTE reminded defense authorizers that the A-76 moratorium, “enacted in the 2008 NDAA after GAO reports and DOD Inspector General findings confirmed that DOD could not demonstrate cost savings from outsourcing, with promised savings from outsourcing often failing to materialize when compared to the hidden administrative costs, contract oversight burdens, and risks associated with loss of federal workforce capabilities.”  The Mace amendment failed with both Republicans and Democrats voting no. 

See the full IFPTE letter here.