This is exactly what the people who shut down 18F want: a shrunken government reliant on private contractors for basic service needs.

There’s a famous Reagan quote that the nine most terrifying words are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”. That soundbite influenced a generation of small-government conservatives who ignored the big qualifier that followed — he was actually announcing more government support for farmers, a big handout to a mostly-Republican constituency: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/presidents-new...