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On the recordJuly 12, 2011
I cannot understand how or why we pay companies that do not perform, but apparently paying for nonperformance is not a problem at FPS.
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Jacob Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the Federal Protective Service for retaining underperforming contractors.

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