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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Vinson announces upcoming hearings on wasteful military purchasing practices, with subcommittee led by Rep. Hebert investigating varying prices for identical items across services, costing taxpayers millions.
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WASHINGTON. (AP)-Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) said today the House Armed Services committee is getting ready to call military leaders on the carpet for wasteful buying.
He said a subcommittee headed by Rep. Hebert (D-La) will begin hearing soon to find out why the Army, Navy and Air Force often pay different prices for identical common-used items.
Committee investigators are preparing what they call "a chamber of horrors" aimed to show the military brass how their purchasing agents and systems are costing the taxpayers millions of dollars needlessly.
They have assembled already a mass of exhibits of "horrible examples." And they told reporters there will be more coming.
The investigators are also gathering up copies of the catalogues used by the purchasing departments of the various armed forces.
"The cataloging program of the Defense Department has cost more than 100 million dollars since 1946." investigators said. "and still we find services paying a wide variety of prices for identical items."
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preparing hearings to address wasteful buying costing taxpayers millions of dollars
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Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) said the House Armed Services committee is preparing to call military leaders for hearings on wasteful buying. A subcommittee headed by Rep. Hebert (D-La) will investigate why the Army, Navy, and Air Force pay different prices for identical items. Investigators are assembling exhibits of horrible examples and catalogs to show the costs.