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Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we are solving (Was: Re: Transition to the web)

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Mon, 14 July 2014 20:44 UTC

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On 7/14/2014 1:40 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Why does the arcane way that the NTIA contracts worked matter for
> the future? We all know that the competitive appearance was just that
> and nothing to do with reality. The question now is about teeth for
> the watchdog.


An important source of useful teeth is the reality of competitive
bidding.  That is, competitive bidding that is... you know... competitive.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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