And don't the private contractors who are teaching them know how?

The services of private contractors are used around the world.

The private military contractor has had a huge presence in Iraq.

"You are giving away your authority to private contractors instead of government," he said.

These may be employees of a public agency or private contractors.

They have made the government's program to use private contractors their main target.

Private contractors for public services often hire city workers, but not always all of them.

The federal government's experience so far is that about half the jobs put out for competition end up going to private contractors.

He turned security and maintenance forces over to private contractors.

Another would make it easier for the administration to use private contractors to do federal work.