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Michele Mackin: Work not guaranteed at Navy, Coast Guard shipbuilding programs

The Navy and Coast Guard found out that guarantees aren't worth the deck plate they're engraved on when they ended up paying to correct defects that should have...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

March 17, 2016 11:29 am

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Michele Mackin, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues, GAO

The Navy and Coast Guard found out that guarantees aren't worth the deck plate they're engraved on when they ended up paying to correct defects that should have been covered. Michele Mackin, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about GAO's review of six shipbuilding programs.

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