The federal contracting process : shortcomings, violators, and solutions / Manuel P. Jonas, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jonas, Manuel P.

Series:

Government Procedures and Operations

Government procedures and operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public contracts--United States.

Public contracts.

Federal aid to research--United States.

Federal aid to research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, the federal government has increasingly used the contracting process to procure employee-based service work such as cleaning, security, and construction. However, a new analysis shows that taxpayer dollars are routinely being paid to companies that are putting the livelihoods and the lives of workers at risk. Many of the most flagrant violators of federal workplace safety and wage laws are also recipients of large federal contracts. Some of the nation's largest federal contractors fail to pay their workers the wages they have earned or provide their employees with safe and hea

Contents:

""THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING PROCESS: SHORTCOMINGS, VIOLATORS, AND SOLUTIONS""; ""THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING PROCESS: SHORTCOMINGS, VIOLATORS, AND SOLUTIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: ACTING RESPONSIBLY? FEDERAL CONTRACTORS FREQUENTLY PUT WORKERS� LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS AT RISK""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE PROBLEM: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FREQUENTLY CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES THAT VIOLATE FEDERAL LABOR LAWS""

""THE CAUSES: POOR DATA, LACK OF EFFECTIVE INFORMATION-SHARING, INADEQUATE EXPERTISE,AND INFLEXIBLE PENALTIES""""CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""APPENDIX I: METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES""; ""APPENDIX II: TOP 100 PENALTIES AND VIOLATIONS WHD AND OSHA 2007- 2012 (CONTRACTORS AND NON-CONTRACTORS)""; ""APPENDIX III: 49 FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WITH MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS 2007-2012, GROUPED BY SUBSIDIARY""; ""Chapter 2: DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS: A LEGAL OVERVIEW""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""AUTHORITIES REQUIRING OR ALLOWING EXCLUSION""

""CONTRACTORS� RIGHTS IN EXCLUSION PROCEEDINGS""""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 27, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63117-377-4

OCLC:

918623692