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... cost - plus contracts , renegotiation , and contract termination . He has castigated the procurement agencies of the Government for laxity and lack of ethical standards . He reported the Maritime Commission in War Shipping ...
... cost - plus contracts , renegotiation , and contract termination . He has castigated the procurement agencies of the Government for laxity and lack of ethical standards . He reported the Maritime Commission in War Shipping ...
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... cost 600 times as much as we spent in Virginia , or $ 30,000,000 . Of course , that would be out of the question . But recently , the chairman of this committee and the Senator from North Carolina and I sat in on a conference with the ...
... cost 600 times as much as we spent in Virginia , or $ 30,000,000 . Of course , that would be out of the question . But recently , the chairman of this committee and the Senator from North Carolina and I sat in on a conference with the ...
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... cost ? Senator LODGE . This is going to be expensive . Senator O'Ma- honey's Temporary Economic Committee spent over a million dollars . I think this would probably spend as much as that . The CHAIRMAN . Senator Lodge , you will recall ...
... cost ? Senator LODGE . This is going to be expensive . Senator O'Ma- honey's Temporary Economic Committee spent over a million dollars . I think this would probably spend as much as that . The CHAIRMAN . Senator Lodge , you will recall ...
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... cost 14 percent as to the pay of its employees . Another case in point is the legislative reorganization act which was passed last year which transferred the payment of tort claims to the departments and agencies . No provision was made ...
... cost 14 percent as to the pay of its employees . Another case in point is the legislative reorganization act which was passed last year which transferred the payment of tort claims to the departments and agencies . No provision was made ...
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... cost per output - per unit of output , that job- Senator FERGUSON ( interposing ) . That is , of course , what business tries to do , does it not ? And , we would consider that any business that could not do it would fail . Mr. LAWTON ...
... cost per output - per unit of output , that job- Senator FERGUSON ( interposing ) . That is , of course , what business tries to do , does it not ? And , we would consider that any business that could not do it would fail . Mr. LAWTON ...
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Page 4 - Commission, may conduct hearings. (f) Members of Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 5 - POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 10. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission or, on the authorization of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places...
Page 3 - ... (2) eliminating duplication and overlapping of services, activities, and functions; (3) consolidating services, activities, and functions of a similar nature; (4) abolishing services, activities, and functions not necessary to the efficient conduct of government...
Page 4 - Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
Page 4 - The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with the provisions of the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 59 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish...
Page 4 - Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 5 - ... from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
Page 4 - The members from private life shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.
Page 3 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, DECLARATION OF POLICY SECTION 1 . It is hereby declared to be the policy of...