Consultants reap billions
In November 1978 Senator David Pryor happened to share a taxicab in Washington with two men. Neither recognized the Arkansas Democrat and they began discussing their work as paid consultants to the Federal Government. The topic: How much they should bill a particular agency for their services$12,000 or $25,000? They decided that the bureau would swallow the higher fee without complaint and so, right there in the cab, they settled on $25,000.
That overheard conversation so appalled Pryor that he began studying the use of outside consultants by the Government. Today...
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