Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 |
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... shipyard's high tensile steel procurements revealed what appears to be two major deficiencies : Failure to obtain competitive bids for high tensile steel requirements Newport News is buying large quantities of high tensile steel plate ...
... shipyard's high tensile steel procurements revealed what appears to be two major deficiencies : Failure to obtain competitive bids for high tensile steel requirements Newport News is buying large quantities of high tensile steel plate ...
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... Shipyard procurement personnel claim that the major factor in determining the number of the Bethlehem purchase orders was the scheduling and size limitations of barge shipment . However , shipyard purchase records show that where the ...
... Shipyard procurement personnel claim that the major factor in determining the number of the Bethlehem purchase orders was the scheduling and size limitations of barge shipment . However , shipyard purchase records show that where the ...
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... shipyard costs and cost control procedures by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Newport News , and at other shipyards where the Government bears substantial cost risk in its contracts . Meshur M. C. Greer 粤-1 " 18 * Oysters Car and ...
... shipyard costs and cost control procedures by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Newport News , and at other shipyards where the Government bears substantial cost risk in its contracts . Meshur M. C. Greer 粤-1 " 18 * Oysters Car and ...
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... shipyards . 2. Enclosure ( 1 ) is a report concerning the administration and charging of overhead costs on Navy ... shipyard facilities leads to higher labor costs and other inefficiencies . The company , however , is able to pass ...
... shipyards . 2. Enclosure ( 1 ) is a report concerning the administration and charging of overhead costs on Navy ... shipyard facilities leads to higher labor costs and other inefficiencies . The company , however , is able to pass ...
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... shipyards . 6. Enclosure ( 1 ) provides additional evidence that the Navy is not administering its shipbuilding contracts ... shipyard conditions which I have been pointing out for nearly two years are further evidence that defense ...
... shipyards . 6. Enclosure ( 1 ) provides additional evidence that the Navy is not administering its shipbuilding contracts ... shipyard conditions which I have been pointing out for nearly two years are further evidence that defense ...
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Page 279 - The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 475 - If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
Page 279 - Disputes" clause does not preclude consideration of law questions in connection with decisions provided for in paragraph (a) above: Provided, That nothing in this contract shall be construed as making final the decision of any administrative official, representative, or board on a question of law.
Page 445 - Fraud, indeed, in the sense of a court of equity properly includes all acts, omissions and concealments which involve a breach of legal or equitable duty, trust, or confidence, justly reposed, and are injurious to another, or by which an undue and unconscientious advantage is taken of another.
Page 279 - No Government contract shall contain a provision making final on a question of law the decision of any administrative official, representative, or board.
Page 444 - A generic term embracing all multifarious means which human ingenuity can devise, and which are resorted to by one individual to get advantage over another by false suggestions or by suppression of truth, and includes all surprise, trick cunning, dissembling, and any unfair way by which another is cheated.
Page 443 - An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right ; a false representation of a matter of fact, whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of that which should have been disclosed, which deceives and is intended to deceive another so that he shall act upon it to his legal injury.
Page 444 - ... deceitful practices in depriving or endeavoring to deprive another of his known right by means of some artful device or plan contrary to the plain rules of common honesty...
Page 222 - ... procedures. Each contracting officer is responsible for performing or having performed all administrative actions necessary for effective contracting. The contracting officer shall...
Page 184 - There seems to be a tendency by some defense officials to view the shipbuilding claims problem as simply a problem in human relations. In actuality it is strictly one of money. If a shipbuilder is going to hold out for more than he is legally owed, his relations with the Navy will deteriorate until either he convinces the Navy to pay whatever he wants, regardless of legal entitlement ; or, until the Navy convinces him he will be paid only what he is legally owed, regardless of pressures the company...