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Defense contractors brace for federal budget cuts.
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If President Obama wins a second term, companies that use independent contractors should brace for a crackdown on the practice, one that is motivated by the administration's conviction that workers are being wrongly deprived of benefits, and the government is being wrongly deprived of tax revenue.
As the Pentagon Thursday announced changes in its programs, military contractors were bracing for cancellations or cutbacks of several programs.
"Defense contractors are bracing for big budget cuts in 2011 and 2012," said Mr. Toy of AlixPartners.
Frank DiGiovanni, the Defense Department training readiness and strategy director, told National Lieutenant Governors Association attendees that states need strategies to brace for military spending cuts, including base personnel and contractors.
Different bracing systems are currently being used by bridge contractors to prevent exterior girder rotation that can occur during bridge construction.
The focus on government contractors comes at a time of transition for that industry as federal agencies brace for reduced budgets.
The investigation is just beginning, but contractors involved in the project, along with engineers who know the construction technique, said it was possible that bracing used to keep the freshly poured concrete in place had failed.
