WASHINGTON — To the U.S. technology industry, there’s a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it’s more sinister: The push by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ...

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FREDERICK — The Frederick County Commissioners are shelving a study that recommended outsourcing government services to private businesses. The vote Tuesday followed two contentious public hearings and protests by hundreds of county employees and their allies. The Frederick News-Post reports ...

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FREDERICK — The Frederick County Commissioners are bracing for another wave of employee reaction to their privatization push. The all-Republican board scheduled a hearing Tuesday in Frederick on a consultant’s recommendations for outsourcing many government services. The meeting is meant ...

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I’d have to say the fear of having one’s job outsourced overseas is certainly a valid one. And, if you’ve ever wondered what your developing world counterpoint might be making if it were ever to happen, I might be able ...

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FREDERICK — A consultant is recommending that Frederick County outsource many of its core services to save up to $109 million a year. The Frederick News-Post reported Thursday on the report it obtained from a county commissioner. The Board of ...

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CAIRO — Egypt hopes to see a tenfold increase in exports from its growing outsourcing industry by 2020 and will boost its focus on information technology entrepreneurship and co-ownership of intellectual property, the country’s information technology minister said Wednesday. The ...

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