Ogilvy rep not damaged, experts say; Government a'ccts can present unique billing problems.(Brief Article)

Advertising Age,  August, 2001  by Teinowitz, Ira; Thomaselli, Rich

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Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide faces civil, criminal, political and press probing over botched billing on its big government ad account. But industry experts and analysts agree Ogilvy should emerge unscathed from its troubles on the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy account. Provided, of course, Ogilvy's accounting problems were a mistake and not fraud.

``If it's an issue with the interpretation of government procurement regulations, I don't know that Ogilvy has any problem at all,'' said an attorney whose firm deals with agencies. ``But if this were stealing, then ...

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