More Dollars, Less Sense: Worsening Contracting Trends Under the Bush Administration

[L. Coyote]

More Dollars, Less Sense: Worsening Contracting Trends Under the Bush Administration
http://oversight.house.gov/features/moredollars/

Last year, Rep. Henry A. Waxman released the first comprehensive assessment of government contracting under the Bush Administration. One year later, Chairman Waxman is issuing a new report which reveals that the worrisome trends identified last year have worsened significantly. For the first time, (1) annual federal procurement spending crossed the $400 billion threshold, (2) more than half of this spending — over $200 billion in new contracts — was awarded without full and open competition, and (3) the total value of wasteful federal contracts now exceeds $1 trillion.

Chairman Waxman has also released an updated database of federal contracts exhibiting signs of waste, fraud, and abuse.
http://oversight.house.gov/features/moredollars/contractsearch.asp
The database is searchable and available to the public.

Click here to learn more about the report and the Committee's ongoing work in contracting oversight.
http://oversight.house.gov/features/moredollars/

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[SpiralHawk]

1. Sweetheart no-bid crony contracts = republicon morality

What a bunch of shysters, screwing the American people to enrich their own fat-cat republicon asses.

Why are republicons so greedy and corrupt?

Would Jesus accept sweetheart no-bid republicon crony contract payola?

[LisaM]

2. I think the Democrats ought to tie the next round of Iraq funding to contractors

Just cut out all funding to contractors. Fund the troops and Iraqis themselves re-buildign Iraq. Even I wouldn't object to that. The Iraqis need work and what better way than to have them rebuild their own country? They've only been building things there for what - 5000 years? :sarcasm:

Oh, and while they're at it, let's let the army be self sufficient again, with their own mess halls, etc. Don't pay KRE for their overpriced crap.