On the recordJuly 11, 2010
There is always the danger in the contracting oversight world of what I call and what economists have for a long time called regulatory capture.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “There is always the danger in the contracting oversight world of what I call and what economists have for a long time…”
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Whitehouse warns about regulatory capture affecting government oversight of contractors.
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