Other city officials have not ruled out outsourcing the duties of the Police Department, one of the only departments not included in the first round of layoffs.
MF Global's bankruptcy has also renewed calls for federal regulators to more closely monitor brokerage firms rather than continue to outsource oversight duties to for-profit exchanges like the CME Group.
Such firms generally either hire a permanent support staff or outsource the duties to a consultancy like Electronic Data Systems.
As hotels such as Hyatt outsource housekeeping duties to outside labor firms, the lines of corporate accountability can become blurred, with some workers even unsure who to report injuries to.
The Australian Lawyers Alliance issued a press release accusing Australia of appearing to "outsource" its duty of care with the Manus Island agreement.
It is surely a basic function of any kind of welfare state to ensure that no one goes hungry, and to outsource that duty to private charity introduces a moral hazard to governments who need no longer feel responsible for the consequences of their own failures.
India is outsourcing outsourcing.
And if that sounds to you suspiciously like a screenwriter outsourcing his dramatic duties to his villain, then give yourself a gold star.
This would exonerate Blackwater's executives and pave the way for further abuses by essentially guaranteeing the continued outsourcing of security duties to private contractors who face few repercussions for such atrocities.
Don't just take our word: many responsible police chiefs and sheriffs have stoutly opposed having immigration duties outsourced to them.
