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by kilo_bravo_3
2614 days ago
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>These aren't contractors, they are scientists. If you are paid to perform a service based on the terms of a contract you are, by definition, a contractor. It doesn't matter if you are cleaning toilets or hosting a conference on quantum computing. |
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1. "Contractor" means something specific in the Defense industry. Every employee, including members of the armed forces and employees of DHS, are "paid to perform a service based on the terms of a contract" (the employment contract). But, of course, literally everyone knows that when I say "contractor" I definitely do not mean "someone who has signed an employment contract with the federal government".
2. The expectations associated with grants are different enough from most other contracts that there's a useful distinction between "grant work" and "contract work".