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The contractor is just a smokescreen in this case. The point is the Government pays the contractor, which is what shows up in subpoenas and congressional budget
by smitty1110 3y ago
The contractor is just a smokescreen in this case. The point is the Government pays the contractor, which is what shows up in subpoenas and congressional budget hearings, and the paperwork says the contract is in support of Such and Such contract.
If someone is using FOIA requests to gather information, They see DOD paid Foobar, inc. $56 million for the FUBAR contract. You then go to FUBAR, and you find the request and parameters, which are 300 pages of word salad, and then you read the proposals, which are 150 words each of a combination of buzzword bingo, legalese, and contracting pandering. None of which makes it obvious that the contract is "Buy data on our behalf, to shield the program from oversight".