Waste in Federal Contracts Now More Than $1 Trillion

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| Wed Jun. 27, 2007 11:08 AM PDT

Last year California Rep. Henry Waxman released an in-depth report on government-contract spending under the Bush Administration. It found that:


  • Between 2000 and 2005, federal procurement spending rose by over 80%.
  • No-bid and other contracts awarded without full and open competition increased by more than 100%.
  • Contract mismanagement led to rising waste, fraud, and abuse in federal contracting.

    • Today Waxman released this year's analysis, which shows that what was already bad has actually gotten much worse.


  • For the first time EVER the federal government has passed $400 billion threshold in contracts for the year.
  • More than half of this spending — more than $200 billion in new contracts — was awarded without full and open competition.
  • The total value of wasteful federal contracts now exceeds $1 trillion.

    • Get the full rundown, and have a look at specific contracts, here.

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