The government expects to make salary information available later this year and is looking at ways to use Social Security data, LaborDepartment records or other information.
To avoid such a particularly untimely reminder of the president's dismal stewardship of his economic as well as national security portfolios, in July the Obama LaborDepartment issued guidance to defense contractors saying that the WARN Act's requirements would not be enforced.
The Pentagon and the State Department, under fire for the use of security contractors, have largely ignored the issue of fair labor practices among its contractors and subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.