Pratap Chatterjee

Better Auditing for Better Contracting Report

Defense Contract Audit Agency recruiters Gregory Brooks and Jarolyn Snyder, second from right, talk with job fair participants during a 2009 job fair at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
<br /> (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Better Auditing for Better Contracting

Pratap Chatterjee outlines the different reasons audits by the Defense Contract Audit Agency sometimes fail, what’s been done to correct these failures in the past, and what should be done in the future.

Mar 28, 2012

Pratap Chatterjee

Insourcing Report

Insourcing

Pratap Chatterjee explains how insourcing can not only save money but can also improve services to the taxpayer if done wisely.

Mar 28, 2012

Pratap Chatterjee

How Sunlight Can Improve Federal Contracting Report

With open access to information, genuine competition will increase because the emphasis will be on quality of production and value to taxpayers, which is ultimately key in an era of budget shortfalls. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)

How Sunlight Can Improve Federal Contracting

A single, streamlined database that tracks fraud, waste, and abuse in federal government contracts will help save taxpayers money and reward good companies, writes Pratap Chatterjee.

Mar 28, 2012

Pratap Chatterjee

Recommendations for Overseeing Government Contractors Article

Recommendations for Overseeing Government Contractors

Pratap Chatterjee testifies on private contractors before the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Jul 7, 2011

Pratap Chatterjee

New Bill Aims to Curb Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Article

The design of the Medicare and Medicaid programs encourages improper payments and impedes detection and recoupment of these payments. We need to address these shortcomings. Billions of taxpayer dollars are at stake. (iStockphoto/Andre Blais)

New Bill Aims to Curb Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Legislation will police Medicare and Medicaid records to prevent waste and abuse, writes Pratap Chatterjee.

Jun 22, 2011

Pratap Chatterjee

Don’t Close Open-Government Sites Article

The Electronic Government Fund, which pays for multiple websites that make government data available to the public, will have its budget slashed from $34 million to just $8 million because of GOP-led cuts. U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, above, said many open-government projects “will experience a sharp decline given the limited amount of funding.” (Flickr/<a href=

Don’t Close Open-Government Sites

Pratap Chatterjee reports on how slashed funding for important transparency initiatives risks harming government efficiency.

Jun 16, 2011

Pratap Chatterjee

Information Technology Article

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, saved an estimated $20 million over a five-year period just by moving its email servers to the cloud. (AP/Mohammad abu Ghosh)

Information Technology

This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Jun 15, 2011

Pratap Chatterjee

Evaluating and Improving the Contract System Article

Evaluating and Improving the Contract System

Pratap Chatterjee testifies about the contracting process before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

May 5, 2011

Pratap Chatterjee

Tech Triumphs in the Federal Government Article

Tech Triumphs in the Federal Government

Pratap Chatterjee reports on a private workshop featuring senior government officials and industry representatives sharing examples of best practices in how the government buys and manages information technology.

Mar 28, 2011

Pratap Chatterjee

Pentagon Opposes ‘Insourcing’ Ban Article

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) offered an amendment last week to the Defense Appropriations Act that would ban the use of any Pentagon funds “to convert from private sector to public sector performance any functions or positions that are not inherently governmental in nature.” (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Pentagon Opposes ‘Insourcing’ Ban

Pratap Chatterjee explains why the Pentagon is right that employing government workers to do government work rather than expensive outside contractors makes sense.

Feb 23, 2011

Pratap Chatterjee

Federal Contract Spending down by $15 Billion Article