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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The grift is over, folks. [/quote]By grift you mean swindling? You ain't seen nothing yet. You don't know how good you had it.

Every contract that is awarded had to be competed openly and publicly. The proposals that came in were evaluated under strict conflict-of-interest and disclosure rules. Choosing the higher cost proposal needed a separate justification. The staff on the contract had to be vetted and ok'd and their hourly charge rate was limited. Every dollar that was spent had to be verified and recorded at each transaction. Yearly, at least, reports had to be submitted for review by a separate contracts office. Then every few years there might be an audit by the office of inspector general.
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And yet, the contracts end up being awarded to the company the client wanted from the start - not the best value or the most qualified. It's easy to fudge the paperwork before and after the award and the IG is limited in how deep they are allowed to dig.
There are checks and balances on paper, but the scrutiny is not as thorough as you are trying to describe. Lots of make-work both on government and contractor side.[/quote]

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