{"id":1701,"date":"2010-04-01T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/horses-for-sources-to-advise-obama\/"},"modified":"2010-04-01T01:15:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:15:00","slug":"horses-for-sources-to-advise-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/horses-for-sources-to-advise-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Horses for Sources to advise Obama administration on offshore outsourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3181\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/obama_HfS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3181 \" title=\"obama_HfS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/obama_HfS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes we can!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>We\u2019re deeply honored to be selected as the exclusive analyst advisor to the Obama administration on offshore outsourcing issues.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As part of the contract award, the <em>Horses<\/em> analyst team will be invited to quarterly white-boarding sessions at the White House to discuss the latest market dynamics in IT outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing, in a quest to help the administration make onshore locations more competitive for white collar jobs.\u00a0 The contract will be ongoing until the next US general election.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the award earlier today, the White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, added, \u201cWashington needs to be ahead of the curve when it comes to offshore outsourcing.\u00a0 Far too many of our jobs have been shipped off to China, India, Central Europe and the Philippines, and it\u2019s time to do something about it.\u00a0 Now Healthcare Reform is assured, it\u2019s time to turn our attention to the next burning issue on the Obama administration\u2019s agenda:\u00a0 reversing offshore outsourcing and creating new jobs in the United States of America. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the administration cites Horses for Sources social media impact as a core reason for selecting the research firm as its chosen outsourcing advisor.\u00a0 \u201cWe realized the importance of Facebook and Twitter when we won the last election, and are impressed with the extensiveness with which Horses for Sources uses its blog, LinkedIn group, and, most importantly, it\u2019s prolific use of Twitter, to be the outsourcing research organization most in touch with the needs of industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Obama personally tweeted the news of the announcement to Horses for Sources CEO, Phil Fersht, this morning.<!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3182\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Michael-Buffer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3182 \" title=\"Michael Buffer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Michael-Buffer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Buffer calling the Horses to action<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was most appropriate to receive this contract award via a tweet from the President\u201d, stated Fersht earlier today. \u201cWe are deeply honored that the Obama administration has selected us as its advisors \u2013 we hope to host a guest blog from the President soon where he will succinctly set out his agenda to bring more white collar jobs back onshore.\u00a0We assure all our readers that we will make every effort to avoid any grammatical errors, or spelling mistakes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Horses for Sources successfully beat the <em>Black Book of Outsourcing<\/em> to secure the contract in a bake-off aural that was supervised by Vice President Joe Biden and Michael Buffer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3191\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/april-fool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3191\" title=\"april fool!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/april-fool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I thought Michael Buffer was the big give away! 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