House Subcommittee Probes Billion-Dollar Cancer Contract
(Washington, DC) -- Lawmakers have launched a probe into a billion-dollar contract awarded to a science center by health officials. Michigan Representative Bart Stupak said his House subcommittee plans to "look closely" at how the National Cancer Institute awarded the contract to the Science Applications International Corporation. Stupak said the subcommittee will investigate who made the decision, how they went about doing it and if any safeguards were implemented to protect against fraud and abuse. Some lawmakers said the circumstances of the award were "questionable." Illinois representative John Shimkus added, quote, "It is particularly disconcerting that a non-competitive contract would be issued when known competitors were interested in bidding." |