Moreover, several provisions associated with how the corps would be implemented are highly problematic, such as assignment of operational responsibility to OFPP, whose mission is to oversee government acquisition policy.

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In 2009, University of Chicago researchers dug into the data and found problems, such as in the random assignment of students.

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In fact, audit firms would be subject to conflicts of interest in accepting such an assignment since they have already opined as to the accuracy of the financial statements.

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Mr McFarland notes that some people try to game the Turk, by using software scripts to download a translation assignment, pass it through an online translation service such as AltaVista's Babel Fish, and then offer it up as finished work.

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