Secret squirrels squandering tax dollars & other news
JIEDDO has been riddled with mismanagement, including a lack of financial accountability, and a tendency to violate its own rules, says the GAO. JIEDDO officials have misreported the cost of pricey...
View ArticleLobbying the court of public opinion
If you wonder what exactly I am talking about see the article by Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council., published yesterday I can see it now: You have the right to...
View ArticleHearings, heresy, convicts and other news
Since Operation Enduring Freedom began in 2002, the U.S. has spent over $770 billion on private contractors who support the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait. With...
View ArticleDishonoring our heros & other news
AP Exclusive: US ignores vet graves in Philippines Jim Gomez – (AP) – CLARK, Philippines -July 3, 2011 – Walking along the rows of tombstones here offers a glimpse of the wars America has fought and...
View ArticleSpelling it out for contractors & other news
Three former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) employees and two foreign contractors are charged in a 54-count Indictment for their alleged roles in a bribery and kickback scheme and for defrauding...
View ArticleTyrants of the Pentagon and other news
Pentagon personnel chief investigated for ‘tyrannical’ leadership Megan Scully – (GovExec) – August 19, 2011 – The Pentagon inspector general is investigating Clifford Stanley, the official charged...
View ArticleHall of shame inducts/indicts new members & other news
Mr. Bush is gone now, but that algorithm remains ruthlessly in place. War-oriented companies like DynCorp, Washington Group International, Aegis Defense Services, URS Corporation, BAE Systems, Renco,...
View ArticleThe spoils of sole sourcing & other news
The White House is making it easier for people to press the federal government to act. It is bringing that constitutional right to petition one’s government into the digital age with a webpage, “We the...
View ArticleFoiled by FOIA and other news
Many western multinational companies have been indicted for paying bribes to Nigerian government officials to secure contracts running into billions of dollars. One of the high profile cases involved...
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