In a move which does not need Congress's okay, the bush admin. is moving to open government jobs to private competition. You may read about it here I've included the beginning of the article.

What really piqued my interest and ire was this in particular:

They also are acting to allow religious groups that receive government funds to discriminate in hiring based on religion.!!!

Here's the beginning of the article:

New rules open government jobs to private competition


Published Thu, May 29, 2003
By LEIGH STROPE, AP Labor Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 850,000 government jobs will be opened to private companies under new rules Thursday that encourage competition to replace federal workers who perform tasks such as giving weather reports to private pilots, fixing computers and taking money and tickets at national parks.