Report: GAO Critical of Portables Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers overpaid on a $39.5 million contract for portable classrooms in Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, according to a draft of a Government Accountability Office report obtained by USA Today.
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