SHAENA MONTANARI AND NATALIE WALTERS
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Winter in Oregonâs Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the areaâs homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most.
The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time Long-Curtiss got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her communityâs share of the funding, temperatures were already dipping below freezing. She had just one week to ready the site and make potentially life-and-death decisions.
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In November 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF), an interagency partnership aimed at preventing and prosecuting anticompetitive behaviors in government procurements. The dual purposes of the PCSF are to (1) deter and prevent anticompetitive conduct in the procurement process through outreach and training to government and industry procurement personnel and (2) jointly investigate and prosecute procurement collusion and fraud by leveraging partnerships in the law enforcement and inspector general communities.
The PCSF signifies the government’s high priority on preventing procurement fraud, and government contractors should develop a compliance program to protect against anticompetitive conduct. For more background on the PCSF, check out my previous blog post here.
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