Look at the state's own studies. Physical control of vital systems is lost as is the certainty of security. As in highway construction, there is nothing wrong in outside firms building and maintaining government IT systems. But information is the backbone of government and government must control its own vital information systems. Today, government agencies run golf courses, telecommunications systems and casinos.
Corporations deliver mail, sell drinking water and run jails.
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