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Number 22653
Subject Money And Politics
Source Washington Post
State DC
Year 2005
Publication Date 11/27/2005; 11/28/2005; 12/30/2005
Summary The reporters investigated the District of Columbia's use of funds which broke laws intended to prevent waste and fraud, by spending $425 million in 2004 in no-bid contracts or through a back door that skipped procurement law altogether.
Category Computer-Assisted Reporting
Pages 42
Keywords fraud;spending;contracts;procurement law;expense accounts;accountability;FOIA
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