Excerpt from Space Station Contracting: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session; July 27, 1994; Serial No. 103-152
No, contractors do not analyze or explain cost overruns through techniques such as detailed variance analysis.
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