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0 pointsquahada13y ago0 comments

The business of government contracting shows these conflicts of interest are real and lead to Billions of $ of waste annually.

There is plenty of competition for government work, but there are many ways to game the system even in the rare truly open/fair competitive bids.

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chc13y ago

That's because competition for government work is not really based on customer satisfaction in the same way it is in other industries AFAIK.

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0 pointsquahada13y ago0 comments

The business of government contracting shows these conflicts of interest are real and lead to Billions of $ of waste annually.

There is plenty of competition for government work, but there are many ways to game the system even in the rare truly open/fair competitive bids.

chc13y ago

That's because competition for government work is not really based on customer satisfaction in the same way it is in other industries AFAIK.

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