Government abuse : fraud, waste, and incompetence in awarding contracts in the United States /: fraud, waste, and incompetence in awarding contracts in the United States. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Sims Curry.
• Authors: Curry, William Sims
• Contents: Defining and narrowing the problems of fraud, incompetence, waste, and abuse -- Government of the corporations, by the unions, and for the special interests -- Exemplary actions by government and non-government entities for combating fraud, incompetence, waste, and abuse -- Protests sustained by the GAO for proposal evaluation errors -- Protests sustained by the GAO for other deficiencies -- Weaknesses and strengths of selected proposal rating processes -- Imperfections in the DOD's efforts to improve its process for selecting contractors -- Single score best-value selection process eliminates ambiguity -- Scandalous socioeconomic contracting practices -- The absurdity of waiving all procurement controls during disasters -- Compendium of measures for minimizing fraud, incompetence, waste, and abuse in the federal government.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (249 pages)
• Subjects: 364.16/30973; Public contracts -- United States; Contracting out -- United States; Government purchasing -- Law and legislation -- United States; Fraud -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351516785; 1351516787
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