http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3750352
CR means continuing resolution!
Just what exactly are we buying to require 1400 more procurement jobs?
The CR will provide $39 million for the Homeland Security Department to hire new contracting specialists to manage procurements. At a Sept. 17 House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Homeland Security officials were told hiring procurement personnel to oversee contracts should be a priority for the department.
In the House Budget Committee report accompanying the CR, members expressed frustration that the department has been slow to hire.
According to department figures, its contracting staff has grown from 600 to more than 1,000, but more than 1,400 procurement vacancies remain.
