I think that's a mischaracterization. Secretary White, I'm concerned about decision making at the DOE in awards that undermine the competitive market and the Department's own processes to ensure integrity. In late October you announced that DOE would build nine new supercomputers with five companies at the cost of $1 billion in taxpayers money. There were no open competitions for these awards, no notice to Congress as required by the Anti Deficiency act and no indication of where this funding would come from. (08:18–08:29)
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Asserts that the DOE announced a $1 billion project for nine supercomputers without open competition.
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