Outsourcing government database on federal contracts
Private Company to Oversee Database on Public Contracts
By David Zucchino
Los Angeles Times.
October 1, 2004. Part A; Pg. 15.
The General Services Administration, which maintains government databases on federal contracts, will turn over control of all contractor data to a Virginia-based company today. The agency says the new arrangement will provide information about contracts to Congress, the news media and the public more efficiently, cheaply and accurately.
Some members of Congress and independent experts have criticized the change, saying it could increase costs and eliminate direct public access to information about billions of dollars in federal contracts.
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