Auditor General Finds ‘Frequent Disregard’ for Procurement Policies Around McKinsey & Company

An auditor general report has discovered “frequent disregard” for procurement policies across numerous government departments and agencies with $209 million in contracts awarded to a global consulting firm. “We found that the organizations’ awarding of the contracts showed a frequent disregard for federal contracting and procurement policies and guidance,” Auditor General Karen Hogan said in her opening statement before the Public Accounts Committee June 4. “We also found that each organization’s own practices often did not demonstrate value for money.” Nine out of 10 departments and agencies and eight out of 10 Crown corporations audited by the Office of the Auditor General failed to properly follow all aspects of their procurement policies and guidance on at least one contract, Ms. Hogan wrote in her report....