Only one of 45 employees could document they had fulfilled the requirements to be a government purchaser.

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The Chinese government is also a major purchaser of licensed software in a country where piracy is rampant.

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The aim of comparative effectiveness is to reduce health care costs, an especially compelling goal for our government, the number one purchaser of medical treatments in America.

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So one of his main recommendations is that the ultimate purchaser, whether it's government or Tesco for example, could put much more pressure on whoever they pay for stuff and services to speed up payments to the smaller suppliers that contributed at an earlier stage in the production chain.

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As the largest purchaser in the world, the U.S. government already plays a major role in fostering the growth of supply chains filled with innovative small businesses.

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As the largest single purchaser of goods and services in the world, the United States Government bears a responsibility to ensure that taxpayer dollars do not contribute to trafficking in persons.

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