[PEN-L:2715] Re: More job loses coming (fwd)

[SHAWGI TELL <v600a8e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, D Shniad wrote:

> > STATES LOOK TO OUTSOURCING IS FUNCTIONS
> >
> > State officials in Iowa will decide in the next few weeks whether to
> > outsource their information systems, and other states are watching their
> > deliberations carefully.  As many as 17 states, and countless local
> > governments, are looking at outsourcing as a way to control costs while
> > providing better service.  In addition, there's a strong desire to
> > centralize disparate systems that are run independently by dozens of
> > agencies, often with union employees.  Michigan is currently addressing some
> > of these problems, consolidating its data centers and outsourcing its
> > desktop computer management to EDS.  Meanwhile, its financial management and
> > employment security commission systems are run on a mainframe at IBM's
> > Integrated Systems Solutions Corp.  (Information Week 22 Jan 96 p70)

What exactly does "outsource" mean?  What is the definition of this term?

TIA


Shawgi Tell
University at Buffalo
Graduate School of Education
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