Senate Subcommittee To Deliberate GPO Legislation At Sept. 8 Hearing
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Annual HHS certification of GPO compliance with federal anti-competition regulations would be authorized under a proposal being floated by the Senate Judiciary/Antitrust Subcommittee
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