And for the first time in the center's history, more than one major contractor performed work on base.

"But this contractor was not performing, and we took aggressive action."

The new Mayor, for his part, is properly concerned with cutting the cost of city services that private contractors might perform as well or better.

The airline plans, for example, to hire contractors to perform many of its services, such as maintenance.

When we use contractors to perform various website and database functions.

Privatization allows private contractors to perform a wide variety of public services like prison administration and street maintenance.

A few other small contractors saw the success of this and performed copy cat work in Rancho.

In contrast, earlier calculations have estimated that $30 billion a year could be saved by making contractors perform more effectively.

Companies seeking approval from the agency would choose the contractors to perform the safety and efficacy reviews.

Moreover, the report said, the state has been paying $600,000 a month for a key emissions test that the contractor has not performed.