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On the recordNovember 15, 2011
If you have any suggestions for us on how we can do a better job of preventing that from happening--it sounds like you are on the alert for it and because you follow up aggressively with the Justice Department and with a longer debarment, you send out a message of deterrence.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins seeks suggestions to improve prevention of firms evading debarment.

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