Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Palter, I'm holding the internal audit of federal government consulting contracts ordered to McKinsey & Company, which, as we indicated, was released on Friday, strangely, during Biden's visit. The timing of that was very odd.
I'm looking at “Findings for Objective 2: Fairness, Openness, and Transparency”. It says here, “This objective was partially met.” That's not great, that it was partially met. The report goes on to state that “there were issues with the accuracy of the Statement of Work”. The report then goes on to say, “the contract may not have been in place before the vendor commenced work.”
Is that McKinsey's normal practice, to begin work before the contract is signed?