rightwinger
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Why? What difference does it make? The bid is either the low bid or it isn't. How does knowing which orgs the CEO contributes to further that process?
Oh, sorry those questions require thoughtful answers and that's beyond you. My bad.
Simple conflict of interest regulations that have been in place for decades. Federal contracts are supposed to go to the best qualified bidder not the one with the most political connections.
Disclosing who you are contributing to is common sense
Many federal contracts have minority ownership requirements for companies to be eligible to bid. In that case the winner could be the most "best qualified" of minority owned bidders but not necessarily the overall best qualified when compared to those without minority ownership.
Many contracts are 8A set aside for minority business owners. Best qualified usually means best technically capable, best long term costs and best record on past contracts