Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining and narrowing the problems of fraud, incompetence, waste, and abuse -- Government of the corporations, by the unions, and for the special interests -- Exemplary actions by government and non-government entities for combating fraud, incompetence, waste, and abuse -- Protests sustained by the GAO for proposal evaluation errors -- Protests sustained by the GAO for other deficiencies -- Weaknesses and strengths of selected proposal rating processes -- Imperfections in the DOD's efforts to improve its process for selecting contractors -- Single score best-value selection process eliminates ambiguity -- Scandalous socioeconomic contracting practices -- The absurdity of waiving all procurement controls during disasters -- Compendium of measures for minimizing fraud, incompetence, waste, and abuse in the federal government.