Government Abuse - Fraud, Waste, Incompetence in Awarding Contracts in United States

List of contents

List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 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 GovernmentAppendix A Appendix B Appendix CIndex

About the author

William Sims Curry

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Curry, William Sims Curry, William Sims (Wsc Consulting Curry, Curry William Sims
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138510456
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51045-6
• No. of pages: 249
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Politics & government, Politics and government, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology