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gManZboy writes "As noted on Slashdot last week, the USAID's JEEP (Job Enabling English Proficiency) program has been using U.S. taxpayer dollars to train students in the Philippines to work at outsourcing call centers.
An update: After Congressman Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) and a colleague protested to USAID, USAID decided to suspend funding to the effort.
"In response to the concerns you have raised, the Agency is suspending its participation in the English language training project in Mindanao pending further review of the facts," said USAID deputy assistant administrator Barbara Feinstein, in a letter Monday to Bishop. "Furthermore, the Agency has established a high-level taskforce to review these matters."
Bishop says that USAID needs to find ways to assist developing regions without compromising the jobs of U.S. call center workers"
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An update: After Congressman Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) and a colleague protested to USAID, USAID decided to suspend funding to the effort.
"In response to the concerns you have raised, the Agency is suspending its participation in the English language training project in Mindanao pending further review of the facts," said USAID deputy assistant administrator Barbara Feinstein, in a letter Monday to Bishop. "Furthermore, the Agency has established a high-level taskforce to review these matters."
Bishop says that USAID needs to find ways to assist developing regions without compromising the jobs of U.S. call center workers"
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