Leading military contractors jacked up the price of several everyday products after receiving non-competitive contracts, costing taxpayers more than $1.3 million in apparently unnecessary markups, according to Pentagon contracting data acquired by Responsible Statecraft.

  • experbia@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There’s a really good way for the DOD to avoid getting price gouged like this and it’s [ … To view the rest of this comment from your government-associated IP address, please remit payment of $45,000 to help cover the data storage cost of the message … ]

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    1 year ago

    How am I surprisingly not surprised that I’m surprised I’m not surprised by this?