GPO Investigation Nets Print Broker

According to the court document, Keefe submitted a bid to the GPO back around January of 2008 in the name of a company that had not given Keefe such authority to do so. He also certified that the bid was not made with an understanding that a brokerage fee would be paid, when in fact it was.

In order to save Uncle Sam money on his printing bill, the Government Printing Office procures most printing services through competitive bidding, and attempts to limit the payment of commissions and brokerage fees in connection with print solicitations as much as possible. The department said that the GPO issued the bid on behalf of the 
Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury.