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		gk1 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bureau of Meteorology's new boss asked to examine ... Exactly this. At least in the US, consultancies that contract with the gov’t can keep a small full time staff in order to qualify for small-business preference and keep their overhead low, and then depend on an army of subcontractors for large projects.

datadrivenangel 25 days ago [–]

Usually there are hard limits around doing 51% of the work yourself, so you can only sub out half of it.

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