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Do some Federal Requests for Proposal specify that contractor staff be US citizens born here? What agencies?

I work in an IT department that has slowly lost its American-born staff over several years. There is a Drug Enforcement Administration contract that I think mandated that the employee be an American-born U.S. citizen, but he left the company. I think I am the last American-born employee in the small group. We are not as busy as we were in past years and I am relegated to many underskilled tasks. This may mean that I may have to work on some technical projects, perhaps law enforcement or military related (security). How many Federal requests for proposal specify that contractor staff be American-born citizens and what Federal agencies are these? I have nine years experience. And yes, I need to clarify "born here" to also mean "born abroad to one or two U.S. citizens" or "born on a U.S. government installation" (McCain). Although Obama had a Kenyan father he had an American mother, and moreover he was born in Hawaii. Perhaps presuming that tasks will be divided fairly per capita is a poor presumption. My colleague, although with less tenure, may be superior at getting attention and working the training reimbursement system. I haven't had training since 2005 and the last time I asked for training I was rebuffed and promised a server to work with I never got.

Public Comments

1. Not many would require the person be born here, just that they are a US citizen either Naturalized or born as a us citizen. Remember McCain was born in Panama. Nevertheless, anything having to do with Defense and Intelligence generally would stipulate all workers be US Citizens so they can get the security clearance. That being said, many naturalized persons (persons who became US citizens after birth) may be disqualified if they have too many foreign ties (i.e. too much close family back in India...)
2. There is no such stipulation that only American born citizens are entitled for such posts except in some defence establishments.Now that Obama born in Hawaii has become the president , we can expect a totally different scene.