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Industry Watch – Scottsdale School District – How Corrupt Practices Could Drive the Scottsdale Procurement into the Dark Ages.

Corrupt gaggle of administrators who’s list of crimes reads like the plot of a soap opera.

Procurement Corruption – Atlanta’s CPO Pleads Guilty of Conspiracy – How to Prevent Suppliers from Thinking You are Corruptible.

If you have influence over contract awards, you must hold yourself to the highest ethical standards.

Corruption in government procurement! The case against single source awards.

The articles goes on to correlate corruption practices in dozens of European Countries with single source procurement.

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