Reason Magazine
•Pentagon paid nearly 8,000 percent markup on Boeing’s bathroom soap dispenser
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75% Informative
U.S. Air Force paid 7,943 percent more for bathroom soap dispensers than what it should have.
The report was the result of a two-year audit of C-17 spare parts.
The Air Force did not "validate the accuracy of the data used for contract negotiation," the report found.
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Article tone
formal
Language
English
Language complexity
48
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not offensive
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not hateful
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short-lived
External references
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