VA crackdown on fraud among applicants for business contracts squeezing out some vets

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/va-crackdown-on-fraud-among-applicants-for-business-contracts-squeezing-out-some-vets/2013/09/03/4d8538fe-0dc7-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html

The Department of Veterans Affairs has tried so hard to weed fraud from the ranks of disabled-veteran-owned businesses that many legitimate firms have been turned away in the past 10 years, leaving hundreds of federal contracts — and more than $150 million — to go to non-veteran companies, a News 21 analysis shows.

The contracts, with earning potential valued at more than $1 billion when issued, were reclassified for non-veteran companies.