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Contractors’ coalition highlights work in foreign development

There\'s a new coalition of federal contractors. They work overseas and, they say, they deserve a little more recognition. Indira Ahluwalia is president of Deve...

Federal News Network Staff

June 22, 2011 2:21 pm

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Sometimes, contractors need a little respect. One way of getting it is banding together to tell a collective story. One group of contractors is heavily involved in international development, working with U.S. AID and non-governmental organizations, or NGOs. But government and NGOs get all the credit, they say. That led to formation of the Coalition of International Development Companies — the CIDC. Indira Ahluwalia, president of Development and Training Services of Arlington joined the Federal Drive to explain what’s going on.