Contract and procurement fraud investigation guidebook / Charles E. Pipe.

Includes index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Introduction to contracts, procurements and related fraud -- Corruption in contracting -- Source selection and competition schemes -- Contractor and vendor performance schemes -- Contractor and vendor payment schemes -- Investigators, enforcers and statutes -- Investigative sources and resources -- Investigative tools and techniques -- Interviews and interrogations -- Investigative reports and evidence -- Investigative case planning, goals, and strategies -- (the Piper method of conducting thorough and complete investigations*) -- Case presentations and testifying -- Post adjudicative action -- Sample case study-story # 1 -- Sample case study-story # 2 -- Sample case study-story # 3 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Samples of visual aids for presentations on contract and procurement fraud, collusion and corruption investigations -- Index.