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Frank Brunetta: Public Servant

Canada School Of Public Service Dept: The blistering findings mark the second time in less than a year Canada's procurement ombudsman has discovered bureaucrats carefully tailoring contract requirements to get the suppliers they prefer, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Ombudsman Frank Brunetta found the school split contract amounts and generally stacked the deck so a retired public servant who was already collecting a pension could get the work and oTTAWA -- A federal watchdog has blown the whistle on a series of cooked contracts at a government agency that teaches ethics to public servants. The latest case involves a dozen training contracts -- together worth $170,000 -- awarded by the Canada School of Public Service between 2009 and 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.