GSA Contract Fraud Investigation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open Government of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session .... |
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... understanding of the magnitude of the current scandals , and more importantly , to try to see what senior GSA managers intend to do to clean GSA up and to make provisions to keep it clean . GSA's role as the Government housekeeper and ...
... understanding of the magnitude of the current scandals , and more importantly , to try to see what senior GSA managers intend to do to clean GSA up and to make provisions to keep it clean . GSA's role as the Government housekeeper and ...
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... understand that I will understand that your appearance here today is voluntary and that you are not being compelled to speak here . Is that correct ? Mr. LowRY . Yes , sir . Senator CHILES . Do you understand that this subcommittee has ...
... understand that I will understand that your appearance here today is voluntary and that you are not being compelled to speak here . Is that correct ? Mr. LowRY . Yes , sir . Senator CHILES . Do you understand that this subcommittee has ...
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... understand this practice . If by collusion a contractor knows that the building manager will not request one - coat painting , even though the invitation to bid specifies that 1 million square feet of one - coat work will be done , it ...
... understand this practice . If by collusion a contractor knows that the building manager will not request one - coat painting , even though the invitation to bid specifies that 1 million square feet of one - coat work will be done , it ...
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... understand that you are saying that if I wanted to paint my living- room wall , it would cost me at least 10 to 15 cents a square foot ? Mr. LowRY . In labor and materials , yes , sir . Senator CHILES . And yet we are seeing that these ...
... understand that you are saying that if I wanted to paint my living- room wall , it would cost me at least 10 to 15 cents a square foot ? Mr. LowRY . In labor and materials , yes , sir . Senator CHILES . And yet we are seeing that these ...
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... circumstance has happened no less than seven or eight times . Senator CHILES . I understand that contracts have been comingled so that GSA would end up paying many times over for a single job . How did that work ? Mr. LowRY . Well , 9.
... circumstance has happened no less than seven or eight times . Senator CHILES . I understand that contracts have been comingled so that GSA would end up paying many times over for a single job . How did that work ? Mr. LowRY . Well , 9.
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Page 419 - Nor shall any department or any officer of the Government accept voluntary service for the Government or employ personal service in excess of that authorized by law, except in cases of sudden emergency involving the loss of human life or the destruction of property.
Page 159 - No appropriations shall be made for purchase contract projects which have not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, within three years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Page 419 - No officer or employee of the United States shall make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein; nor shall any such officer or employee involve the Government in any contract or other obligation, for the payment of money for any purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
Page 420 - In the case of a violation of subsection (a), (b), or (h) of this section by an officer or employee of an agency, or of the District of Columbia, the head of the agency concerned or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, shall immediately report to the President, through the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and to the Congress all pertinent facts together with a statement of the action taken thereon.
Page 441 - Inspector General shall report expeditiously to the Attorney General whenever the Inspector General has reasonable grounds to believe there has been a violation of Federal criminal law.
Page 405 - In order to have a simplified system for the administrative subdivision of appropriations or funds, each agency shall work toward the objective of financing each operating unit, at the highest practical level, from not more than one administrative subdivision for each appropriation or fund affecting such unit.
Page 776 - ... to the provisions of section 7 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 USC 606) and the GSA's portion of the estimated cost, if any, does not exceed $200,000.
Page 359 - Purchases and contracts for supplies and services shall be made by formal advertising in all cases in which the use of such method is feasible and practicable under the existing conditions and circumstances. Procurement by formal advertising...
Page 419 - Any appropriation which is apportioned or reapportioned pursuant to this section may be divided and subdivided administratively within the limits of such apportionments or reapportionments. The officer having administrative control of any such appropriation available to the legislative branch, the judiciary, or the District of Columbia, and the head of each agency, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, shall prescribe, by regulation, a...
Page 419 - ... made for each such appropriation, and (B) enable such officer or agency head to fix responsibility for the creation of any obligation or the making of any expenditure in excess of an apportionment or reapportionment.