Government Abuse: Fraud, Waste, and Incompetence in Awarding Contracts in the United States

ISBN-13: 9781138510456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 249 str.

William Sims Curry

Opis

Government contracting is plagued by nefarious, amateurish, and criminal behavior

Spis treści

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1 Defining and Narrowing the Problems of Fraud, Incompetence, Waste, and Abuse
2 Government of the Corporations, by the Unions, and for the Special Interests
3 Exemplary Actions by Government and Nongovernment Entities for Combating Fraud, Incompetence, Waste, and Abuse
4 Protests Sustained by the GAO for Proposal Evaluation Errors
5 Protests Sustained by the GAO for Other Deficiencies
6 Weaknesses and Strengths of Selected Proposal Rating Processes
7 Imperfections in the DOD's Efforts to Improve Its Process for Selecting Contractors
8 Single-Score Best-Value Selection Process Eliminates Ambiguity
9 Scandalous Socioeconomic Contracting Practices
10 The Absurdity of Waiving All Procurement Controls during Disasters
11 Compendium of Measures for Minimizing Fraud, Incompetence, Waste, and Abuse in the Federal Government

Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

Index

O autorze

William Sims Curry