| Government Contracting: Promises and Perils Contributor(s): Curry, William Sims (Author) |
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ISBN: 1420085654 ISBN-13: 9781420085655 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $89.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 Annotation: Perils of and Promises for Government Contracting describes dangerous practices that are commonly applied in the government contract management field. It also provides advice for improved practices to elected and appointed government officials, because a lack of skills can lead to disastrous results and an abject failure to protect the public interest. This book describes numerous present-day practices that regularly lead public servants and government committees to to manage contracts with tools that are less than optimal and to select contractors despite the fact that they are not the best qualified. It offers alternative approaches to supplant the imperfect methodologies that are exposed in this text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Biotechnology - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 2009053432 |
| Series: Aspa Series in Public Administration and Public Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.35 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A guidebook through the minefield of government contracting and procurement, Government Contracting: Promises and Perils describes the dangerous practices commonly applied in the development and management of government contracts and provides advice for avoiding the sort of errors that might compromise their ability to protect the public interest. It includes strategies for increasing profits for government contractors, rather than incurring burdensome costs, through compliance with government mandated subcontracting and financial management systems. Drawing from his indepth investigation of government agencies across the country, the author examines present-day scenarios that regularly lead public servants and government committees to manage contracts with tools that are less than optimal and to select contractors that may not be the best qualified. He then delineates practical processes, contracting documents, and contract management tools to mitigate detrimental outcomes and alternative approaches to supplant the imperfect methodologies. The author includes a CD-ROM with the book that provides a number of practical tools that you can apply as well as examples of contracts and templates that are the best he discovered during his research. The book also outlines an approach for performing advance contract planning, conducting contract negotiations, and administering contracts useful when planning for the management of the contracting process throughout the contracting cycle, negotiating a contract that protects the interest of all contracting parties, and ensuring successful contractor performance. The book includes a "Government Procurement Corruption Wall of Shame" that illustrates the myriad perils and stumbling blocks such as conflicts of interest, duplicity, favoritism, incompetence, kickbacks, and protests that government workers fall prey to.. Filled with best practices that protect you from nefarious, amateurish, and criminal mistakes that frequently lead to difficulties with harsh consequences, the book does not end its coverage with discussions of corruption, mismanagement, and ineptitude, but provides practical processes and strategies to diminish the negative impacts from these government contracting perils. |