RE: [CPEO-MEF] Better guidance needed for former site cleanup programs -- re..

[CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org>]

The following was posted by Wayne Crist <WWCRIST@mactec.com>
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Jim
I don't know about others but I would expect they are the same as DoD.
In DoD "administrating" and "oversight" are done by civil servants and
generally their pay is not figured in funding of cleanups.  In some case
like the US Army Corp of Engineering, if their contract vehicle is used,
and they provide oversight they may charge less than double digit charge
to fund their role.  At Air Force bases I have been associated with
funds spent are more like 90-95% to the cleanup contractors.  Don't be
so quick to assume the worse.  It would be far more interesting to
investigate where and how activist groups get their money. And how it
is spent.

Wayne Crist
Contractor

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Subject: Re: [CPEO-MEF] Better guidance needed for former site
cleanup
programs -- re..

The following response was posted by Jim Ferris <JGFERRIS@aol.com>
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The GAO Report was interesting reading - not any surprises, but
interesting....

I think the GAO should investigate how much of the FUDS budget is
actually spent on cleanup. I would guesstimate that only 20-25% of
the
FUDS budget actually reaches contractors who are doing the cleanup -
the
rest is siphoned off on the way down through the federal agencies
involved in "administering" and "oversight". Would be interesting to
see
what the actual numbers are.
Jim Ferris

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