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Podcast: How Bad Performance Can Be Good for Business in Government Contracting

March 7, 2011

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POGO's Scott Amey dishes out a post-mortem on a recent Commission on Wartime Contracting hearing--at which he testified--on contractor accountability.

Running time: 24:11

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