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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Our purpose in issuing the interim report was to alert GSA to potential waste and abuse”

On the recordApril 15, 2012
Our purpose in issuing the interim report was to alert GSA to potential waste and abuse
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton cites an email emphasizing the need for oversight to prevent waste.

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