11.   One is Alex Ng, a former vice president of Asia Global Crossing, who now does contract work for the parent company.

12.   Other Internet start-ups, unhappy with local programmers and graphic designers, have contracted the work out to people in other countries.

13.   Others have stopped contracting CGI work to outside firms and, instead, are saving money by having the work performed by in-house teams.

14.   Screening is currently administered by the airlines, which contract the work out, often to the lowest bidder.

15.   She worked in the kitchen at the Colorado State Home and did contract work for Goodwill Industries and Mesa Developmental Services.

16.   Some companies contracted work to firms in India, where wages are lower.

17.   Textile engineering work has been contracted to Piedmont Olsen Hensley of Greenville, S.C., the company said.

18.   The plumbing work was contracted by Russell Alexander of Sunset Plumbing in Long Island City.

19.   To make ends meet he does contract work, bouncing from one job to the next.

20.   Unlike most cities, New York contracts the work to a private organization, the Legal Aid Society.