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KWR65

(1,098 posts)
Wed May 20, 2020, 08:00 PM May 2020

3M billed government $7.63 for 85-cent earplugs.

3M billed government $7.63 for 85-cent earplugs. It now has $1 billion COVID contract
By Kevin Keister | Tara Copp
13-17 minutes
Former FBI Katrina fraud agent says fast contracting response to COVID-19 carries risk

A former FBI agent responsible for investigating contracts after Hurricane Katrina warns that the more than 20,400 contracts awarded by the U.S. to date for COVID-19 supplies is at risk for waste and fraud.


God Bless the private sector! NOT!


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3M billed government $7.63 for 85-cent earplugs. (Original Post) KWR65 May 2020 OP
link Celerity May 2020 #1
Too bad we don't have some kind of Inspector General program in these agencies to keep them straight Midnight Writer May 2020 #2
+1 crickets May 2020 #3
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