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Government reform, i ve been consistently concerned with the cost and consequences of federal contract mismanagement. costs the american taxpayers a lot of dollars. i want to look t the state department s policy for awarding local guard contracts using a very inflexible contract vehicle known as the lowest price technically acceptable or lpta vehicle. i think that should raise red flags here in congress. such as buying body armor for troops overseas or barriers for embassies, i don t know that lowest price technically acceptable is the right vehicle. so can you discuss a little bit why is it that the state department appears to have awarded local guard contracts in libya using this contracting method? congresswoman, i think that s another very important question. i think the state department, like much of the rest of the government, often feels under pressure to go to the lowest ....

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