Micah Vinson
Chapter 5 Summary
In government contracting ethics and integrity is key. Since the federal government is so
large and powerful, things like a protest was put in place to help protect the little. Protests are
defined as is legal challenge to an award of a Government contract or the procedures employed
to compete a Government contract. These protests are to be filed either with the agency or can be
filed in federal court. It was not till the year 1885 that independent contractors were given the
power to take the federal government to court.
In 1921 congress created the GAO which is known as the General Accounting office. The
GAO was created to confirm that expenditures of federal funds by Executive Branch agencies
were in accordance with statutes enacted by Congress and implemented through agency
regulations. The person in charge of this organization is the Comptroller General of the United
States. The GAO also audits the books of Federal Agencies to make sure money isn’t being spent
in an ill-advised manner. The Federal Government attempted to improve the use of competition
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- Spring '07
- Dr.Jones
- Federal government of the United States, federal agency
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