Archive: September 28, 2008 - October 4, 2008
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Dearest Government Inc. readers, We want you all to know we're attentive to your thoughts and ideas, even when there's a hint (or worse) of criticism. If the words are too sharp, we simply give silent thanks they're not sticks and stones. Anyway, a reader going by Been on...
By Robert O'Harrow | October 3, 2008; 12:12 PM ET | Comments (4)
End Run, Via Alaska
Government Inc. directs your attention to this story in The Post, about an FDA public relations contract. It speaks volumes, through many e-mails, about the state of federal procurement in America thes days. Contracting specialists contacted about the circumstances seemed exasperated by both the assiduous efforts to avoid competition...
By Robert O'Harrow | October 2, 2008; 3:03 PM ET | Comments (3)
Spooky Dollars
A bit lost in the shuffle this week was this ignominous outcome of a CIA-related contract scandal. "The CIA's former top administrator pleaded guilty yesterday to steering agency contracts to a defense contractor and concealing their relationship, making Kyle "Dusty" Foggo the highest-ranking member of a federal intelligence or...
By Robert O'Harrow | October 2, 2008; 2:56 PM ET | Comments (3)
