WASHINGTON, DC — Hearings being held by the House Committee on Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology to discuss federal contractor business practices began here on July 13, 2000.
Chip Swab, a member of the American Subcontractors Association (ASA), testified that business practices that encourage lower construction quality are rampant in the marketplace for subcontracted work on federal construction projects. Swab mentioned “bid shopping” as the most harmful of these practices, which are the targets of proposed legislation H.R. 4012, the Construction Quality Assurance Act of 2000.