Procurement Fraud Enforcement

Each year, the federal government spends several hundred billion dollars to obtain goods and services from corporations and other nongovernmental entities. Under the critical eye of the nation's taxpayers, the federal government has amplified its own scrutiny of the ethics and integrity of its procurement officers and those companies with which it contracts. Via new national legislation and investigative initiatives, the attention of Capitol Hill and federal law enforcement offices across the nation is keenly focused on the prevention, detection and punishment of procurement fraud. It is a brand new day ' and a potentially dark one for the unwary governmental contractor.

26 minute read May 29, 2007 at 02:25 PM
By
Paul Clinton Harris, SR.
Procurement Fraud Enforcement

Each year, the federal government spends several hundred billion dollars to obtain goods and services from corporations and other nongovernmental entities.

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