Unspent budgets lapse at year end. Research on United States federal contracts found spending in the last week of the year ran several times the weekly average, and year-end projects were rated lower quality.
The Open Contracting Partnership's guide to red flags puts it this way: a red flag is not evidence that anything wrong happened. It points at something that may be worth a closer look.
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| Public body | Source | Last month's share | Times an even share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Correctional Service of Canada | Federal contract | $7.4 million of $13.4 million | 6.6× |
| Department of Education and Early Childhood Development | Provincial contract award | $14.4 million of $30.1 million | 5.8× |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | Federal contract | $1.9 million of $5.3 million | 4.3× |
| National Research Council Canada | Federal contract | $10.1 million of $35.5 million | 3.4× |
An address selects a federal record; it does not establish where the work, benefit or spending occurred. Whole reported values are shown; no NL share is inferred. Conflicting address fields are labelled.
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| Source and evidence | Records | Native value |
|---|---|---|
| Federal contract | 40 | CAD 19,419,415.33 |