Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Political rivals U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, a Democrat, and Columbiana County Republican Chairman Dave Johnson are on the same team working to improve transparency and accountability in the federal subcontracting process.
Wilson of St. Clairsville, D-6th, introduced a bill today in the U.S. House he said was inspired by an incident that adversely impacted Summitville Tiles, owned by Johnson.
The company was denied the option to offer a proposal last year on a tile subcontract at an elementary school at Fort Bragg, an Air Force base in North Carolina. The Army hired Feldhaus, a German company for the $250,000 job.
Federal law requires transparency and reporting standards for prime contractors, but not for subcontractors, Wilson said. The proposal would require those requirements for subcontract work, he said.
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