The federal contracting process : shortcomings, violators, and solutions /

In recent years, the federal government has increasingly used the contracting process to procure employee-based service work such as cleaning, security, and construction. However, a new analysis shows that taxpayer dollars are routinely being paid to companies that are putting the livelihoods and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jonas, Manuel P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Novinka, [2014]
Series:Government procedures and operations.
Subjects:
Public contracts > United States.
Federal aid to research > United States.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Federal aid to research
Public contracts
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING PROCESS: SHORTCOMINGS, VIOLATORS, AND SOLUTIONS
  • THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING PROCESS: SHORTCOMINGS, VIOLATORS, AND SOLUTIONS
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: ACTING RESPONSIBLY? FEDERAL CONTRACTORS FREQUENTLY PUT WORKERSâ€? LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS AT RISK
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE PROBLEM: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FREQUENTLY CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES THAT VIOLATE FEDERAL LABOR LAWS
  • THE CAUSES: POOR DATA, LACK OF EFFECTIVE INFORMATION-SHARING, INADEQUATE EXPERTISE, AND INFLEXIBLE PENALTIESCONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • APPENDIX I: METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES
  • APPENDIX II: TOP 100 PENALTIES AND VIOLATIONS WHD AND OSHA 2007- 2012 (CONTRACTORS AND NON-CONTRACTORS)
  • APPENDIX III: 49 FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WITH MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS 2007-2012, GROUPED BY SUBSIDIARY
  • Chapter 2: DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS: A LEGAL OVERVIEW
  • SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • AUTHORITIES REQUIRING OR ALLOWING EXCLUSION
  • CONTRACTORSâ€? RIGHTS IN EXCLUSION PROCEEDINGSRECENT DEVELOPMENTS
  • INDEX

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