82-Year-Old Nun Breaks Into Nuclear Facility, Contractors Blamed

Why not fire any private company who is not doing their job and find one that can/will?

The problem you get is that there is a seriously limited selection of 'private' companies that are qualified for guarding a nuclear plant. There's a semi-limited number of people capable of it as well, given that they have to be willing to work for decent(but not high) pay, while being able to get a security clearance(and handle automatic weapons) and meet the physical requirements(shooting accuracy, fitness, etc...). You're pretty much restricted to ex-military.

Having some knowledge of government type contracting, it's been my experience that you can have the contractor change, but the people in the contract seats stay the same - with the loss of the contract, the original contractor no longer needs the people, thus lays them off(excess). The NEW contractor needs people to fulfill the contract, and wait - there's people XYZ with years of experience in the role, in the local area, has the necessary clearance($$$), etc... Hired!

The contracted employees themselves have to brush off their resume and re-interview for their job, but it's normally a formality. They might get ~2-3 weeks of 'vacation' where they get unemployment, and a day or two of orientation on how their new employer(the actual contractor).

After all that, I have to say that I'd rather keep the function in house. Reasons:
1. It's not a wide field, more of a specialist position with only a couple hundred plants in the states.
2. It's a continuous stable requirement. Contracts are for temporary things(like renovating a building, upgrading a network, etc...)

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/pIQhUzp98QM/82-year-old-nun-breaks-into-nuclear-facility-contractors-blamed

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