Government Contractors

Former Gov't Contractor Renovated Home With Stolen $1 Mil.

AP | FRED FROMMER | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A former official with a government contracting firm and his wife have been charged with stealing more than $1 million from a government...

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Showing the Private Military Contracting Sector the Money, Redux

David Isenberg | Posted 02.01.2012

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For those who have not taken a Capitalism 101 course it is, of course, robust competition that makes the private sector's invisible hand work properly.

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Congress Set To Reach Rare Agreement On Unemployed Vets Bill

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.16.2012

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans rallied on a rare patch of common ground Wednesday and Congress approved legislation helping government c...

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You Want Chicken Pox with That?

David Isenberg | Posted 10.08.2011

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The same political ideology of outsourcing and privatization of military logistics functions that has made a household name of Halliburton nearly caused harm to American troops, thanks to a KBR subcontractor.

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Laying Down the Rules for Private Security Contractors

Ignacio "Iggy" Balderas | Posted 07.24.2011

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The failure to establish effective accountability over private security contractors (PSCs) hasn't just obscured important truths about how our nation secures its foreign policy -- it has allowed some reckless actors to repeatedly endanger this goal.

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Why We Need to Rein in Government Contractors That Use Taxpayer Money for Political Advantage

Robert Reich | Posted 07.20.2011

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The president needs to ban Lockheed Martin and all other government contractors that get more than half their revenues from government from engaging in any political activities at all. Taxpayers shouldn't be paying for this lobbying.

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Wonderland

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.10.2011

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It's a good rule of thumb: If the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- the trade association for large corporations -- is whipped up about something, there's p...

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Firm Packed With Ex-Customs and Border Officials Lands Contract

G.W. Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. Border Patrol's announcement that it was seeking to hire a contractor for "strategic consulting" services first raised eyebrows in July. Perhaps it wasn't much of a surprise that the contract went to a firm loaded with former government insiders.

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The Prince and the Punishment

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's hard to understand why Erik Prince is mad. His company, Xe, is once again able to bid on and get contracts with the government and won't be subject to criminal charges.

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For Immigration Crackdown Proponent, Deportations Mean Business

Jeffrey Kaye | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps no one on the political scene has more of a stake in the deportation of illegal immigrants than Allen Weh. In close contention to win the Rep...

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Policing Afghanistan: How Afghan Police Training Became a Train Wreck

Pratap Chatterjee | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to police training, the use of private contractors is not unusual -- and neither is failure. Who, then, is responsible for this dismal state of affairs?

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Congress Must Get Tough on Tax Cheat Contractors

Rep. Brad Ellsworth | Posted 05.25.2011

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We would never dream of rewarding those who break the law. Yet, that's just what Congress is doing: rewarding government contractors who are delinquent on their taxes with lucrative federal contracts.

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'Living Wage' For Government Contractors: White House Considers Bidding Advantage For Better Employee Pay

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House is looking at a new policy that would give an advantage in bidding on government contracts to companies that offer ...

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12 Ways To Save American Taxpayers $1 Trillion

The Huffington Post | By Laura Bassett and Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

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As President Obama tries to get his new bipartisan "deficit commission" off the ground, a public interest group is proposing a series of common-sense ...

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White House To 'Rebalance' Relationship Between Government And Contractors

Federal Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House's 2011 budget proposal will "rebalance" the relationship between the government and its contractors through more oversight and insourc...

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Blackwater Still In Business: State Department Fumbles Effort To Oust Them From Iraq

Newsweek | Mark Hosenball | Posted 05.25.2011

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Your tax dollars at work: as part of their effort to stop doing business in Iraq with companies affiliated with the controversial paramilitary contrac...

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It's Not Just ACORN, Says Congressman Grayson

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

I talked with Congressman Alan Grayson in detail about his efforts to stop the government cash flow to contractors that cheat the government and overcharge the American taxpayers.

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Federal Contractors Got Billions In Bonuses, Despite Performance: Report

washingtonpost.com | Steve Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal agencies have awarded billions in bonuses to contractors regardless of whether the work was deemed satisfactory, according to a Government Acc...

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