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<FONT SIZE=2>A Defense Department advisory committee is proposing that defense contractors who bid unreasonably low hourly rates -- such as the famous $7-an-hour engineering work -- be penalized during the procurement process.</FONT>

A Defense Department advisory committee is proposing that defense contractors who bid unreasonably low hourly rates -- such as the famous $7-an-hour engineering work -- be penalized during the procurement process.

 

How about penalizing contractors by making them perform the work at the price they bid?

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