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Dollars, Not Sense: Government Contracting Under the Bush Administration
House Committee on Government Reform Special Investigations Division
House Committee on Government Reform
Special Investigations Division
Abstract
The Special Investigations Division of the House Committee on Government Reform investigated the rapid growth of private companies working under federal contracts under the Bush Administration. The report draws on over 500 reports, audits, interviews with experts, data from the Federal Procurement Data System, and investigative reporting. The investigation finds widespread mismanagement at a great cost to the taxpayers.
Date
2006-06-19
Document Type
House Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
101 pages
Congress
109
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
20: Government Operations
PAP Minor Code
2007: Government Procurement, Procurement Fraud and Contractor Management
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