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Congress questions Alaska Native Corp. contracts.

The House Government Reform Committee has launched a wide-ranging investigation of sole-source awards to Alaska Native Corporations.

At issue is whether agencies are using the sole-source contracts to improperly bypass competitive bidding and whether the companies are serving as fronts for large corporations that they hire as subcontractors.

The committee chairman, Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), and ranking Democrat, Henry Waxman (CA), wrote to the secretaries of defense, homeland security and state asking for information on all contracts awarded to Alaska Native firms.

They asked the Government Accountability Office to conduct a comprehensive review of ANC contracting.

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