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To: steve harris who wrote (778474)	4/4/2014 5:24:08 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573433

$6 Billion Goes Missing from State Department... BRIANNA EHLEY The Fiscal Times April 4, 2014 The State Department has no idea what happened to $6 billion used to pay its contractors. In a special “management alert” made public Thursday, the State Department’s Inspector General Steve Linick warned “significant financial risk and a lack of internal control at the department has led to billions of unaccounted dollars over the last six years. The alert was just the latest example of the federal government’s continued struggle with oversight over its outside contractors. Related: Government Blatantly Wastes $30 Billion This Year The lack of oversight “exposes the department to significant financial risk,” the auditor said. “It creates conditions conducive to fraud, as corrupt individuals may attempt to conceal evidence of illicit behavior by omitting key documents from the contract file. It impairs the ability of the Department to take effective and timely action to protect its interests, and, in tum, those of taxpayers.” In the memo, the IG detailed “repeated examples of poor contract file administration.” For instance, a recent investigation of the closeout process for contracts supporting the mission in Iraq, showed that auditors couldn't find 33 of the 115 contract files totaling about $2.1 billion. Of the remaining 82 files, auditors said 48 contained insufficient documents required by federal law. In another instance, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement issued a $1 billion contract in Afghanistan that was deemed “incomplete.” Related: Government Wastes More Money Than You Think The auditor recommended that the State Department establish a centralized system to track, maintain and retain contract files. The department responded and said it concurred with the recommendations to address the “vulnerability” in its contracting process. Before Linick took office last fall, the State Department had been without an inspector general position for five years—the longest IG vacancy in the government’s history, as noted in The Washington Post. Top Reads from The Fiscal Times: Holder and Mueller Spent $7.8 Million on Personal Travel Hospitals Plot the End of Insurance Companies High Tax States Are Losing Billions - See more at: thefiscaltimes.com

To: steve harris who wrote (778474)	4/4/2014 5:29:58 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573433

Unlike most conservatives, we liberals explain stuff, or ask questions. You are fine I assume with throwing all those people with pre existing conditions, no insurance and that 80 year old woman who cannot get affordable insurance under the bus? I noticed you did not answer it.