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Senate committee tired of last-minute spending despite late appropriations

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee doesn't like that year-end buying spree, but are these members the cause of the buying spree in ...

September 17, 2018 9:05 am
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Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee want federal managers to know they don’t like that year-end buying spree that happens every year. But are these members and their colleagues the cause of the buying spree in the first place? Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, gave one opinion on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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