Cotton began providing software and services based on a handshake agreement. OPM racked up more than $800,000 in bills from CyTech—but no contract was executed and CyTech was not paid.
Wow. So I guess one lesson here is to never provide help to the government in an emergency without something in writing. That's just sad.
Wow. So I guess one lesson here is to never provide help to the government in an emergency without something in writing. That's just sad.
[EDIT]: The linked article describes this in more detail: https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/07/how-opm-bilked-a-securi...