Dear Dr. Beam,
it was good to read your interesting and challenging question in INFORMS Connect.
In fact, I am not an immediate expert in the fiscal system, especially in such huge public projects in the US. (In fact, I am a German at a Polish university.)
After consideration I think that my friend Prof. Matthias Amen (professor of accounting) might consider and advice, of name a US expert in the broader field:
He is very kind and helpful.
Hopefully, it will work.
Warm regards,
best wishes,
Willi
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Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber
Professor
Poznan University of Technology
Poznan
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