Government Contracting

Goldman Sachs Congressional Earmark: Bank Subsidiary Gets $3 Million

businessinsider.com | Lawrence Delevingne | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business


WIth all the company's riches, why is a Goldman Sachs (GS) subsidiary getting a $3 million earmark from Washington?...

Oregon Soldiers Sue KBR For Exposure To Cancer-Causing Chemical

The Oregonian | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


Five current and former Oregon Army National Guard soldiers filed suit Monday against a war contractor that they say knowingly exposed them to a cance...

Scheming Businessman Holds Conference On Profiting Off "Bailout Bonanza"

Center For Public Integrity | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Meet Fred Steinberg. He "will personally outline what you must know for your company to prosper under the 'new capitalism' emerging from Washington," ...

Obama: Federal Contracts Need Overhaul After No-Bid Bush Era

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Blasting Bush-era government contracting, President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered an overhaul designed to halt the delays, wast...

Department of Interior Awarded Over $430 Million in Small Business Contracts to Corporate Giants, According to New Study

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

The Bush administration has tried to convince us for 6 years that the diversion of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms is the result of random data entry errors.

How Three Americans Ended Up Hostages in Colombia

John McQuaid | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


John McQuaid

The alarming backstory leading up to the captivity of the three hostages reveals a lot about the failings of government contracting, and government in general.