Contracting Via Alaska

Belatedly, I must take note of Robert O'Harrow's piece in today's Washington Post about the Food and Drug Administration's apparent effort to use a contract with an Alaska Native corporation to funnel money to a Washington public relations firm.

This is just the latest in a long line of reports about the growing -- and questionable -- use of ANC contracts by federal agencies. We've published dozens of stories about it over the years.

For background on the whole ANC contracting issue, see this excellent 2005 Government Executive story by Kimberly Palmer.

I wonder what Sarah Palin's position on the practice is.