A Government Department Has Decided to Make Use of Privatization

question 29

Multiple Choice

A government department has decided to make use of privatization, which means it plans to do which of the following?

• A) Replace government services with services provided by private firms
• B) Provide federal loan guarantees to private companies
• C) Hire private citizens into the civil service
• D) Replace federal government services with state or local government services
• E) Hire private investigators to search for corruption

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