Dunno about FEMA, but USPS and Amtrak are "parastatals" -- not strictly government agencies, but semiprivate institutions chartered by the federal gov't. Also dunno if that makes a difference....
ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:07:58PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > > I vaguely recall there was an Executive Order under Bush I making it > > policy for federal agencies to not compete with private companies. > > Although, I can't find a reference at the moment... > > I can't believe that would apply, since that would effectively abolish > the postal service (competes with FedEx, UPS, AirEx...), FEMA > (competes with pretty much any homeowners/renters insurance company) > and Amtrak (competes with most shortline railroads especially along > the east coast...they built Acela on the Northeast Corridor to gain a > competative edge even) right out. > > - -- > .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : :' : proud Debian admin and user > `. `'` > `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+iTiDJ5vLSqVpK2kRAqX3AJ47zpWiEdUvpPvISO7U0G5UV9umiQCfU7NA > Yg67ntVBJC+jekOSaQQBQ/A= > =yjSB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
