Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterGAO Report Says Labor Department Misled Congress on Cost of Outsourcing Jobs
Published 11/25/2008 by Carol D. Leonnig at Wash Post Federal Page
The Labor Department gave Congress inaccurate and unreliable numbers that understated the expense of contracting out its employees' work to private firms, according to a Government Accountability Office report released yesterday.
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