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Cheating on Energy Department guard force tests was widespread

By R. Jeffrey Smith

The reliability of protections at two key nuclear weapons sites is now unclear.

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How an 82-year-old exposed security lapses at nuclear facilities

By R. Jeffrey Smith

More fudging on Energy Department guard force tests

By R. Jeffrey Smith

The politics of energy: Nuclear power

By Kevin Bogardus

Obama proposes shifting funds from nuclear nonproliferation to nuclear weapons

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Douglas Birch

Generals no longer retire to Vermont — they lobby for contractors in Washington

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Retiring generals find comfy work with defense contractors

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Counterfeit chips plague Pentagon weapons systems

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Many public schools on military bases get poor or failing report card

By Emma Schwartz

'Drastic' defense cuts would set the clock back only to 2006

By Zach Toombs

Pentagon efforts to straighten out bookkeeping face billion-dollar cost overruns

By Zach Toombs

Surveillance cameras were still in boxes at Benghazi mission

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Surveillance cameras were still in boxes at the mission where 4 Americans died in Libya

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Millionaires continue to dominate presidential race

By Daniel Lathrop

Millionaires raising millions

By The Center for Public Integrity

Kerry carries water for top donor

By M. Asif Ismail

Hagel leaves the door ajar for defense policy changes

By R. Jeffrey Smith

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Waste, fraud and abuse commonplace in Iraq reconstruction effort

By R. Jeffrey Smith

$60-billion pipe dream for creation of a Western-style economy

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Inadequate planning for post-invasion Iraq

By The Center for Public Integrity

Invasion of Iraq, 10 years later

By The Center for Public Integrity

U.S. official says government wasted $6-8 billion in Iraq reconstruction

By Zach Toombs and Aaron Mehta

Military failure to secure Iraq after invasion

By The Center for Public Integrity

Invasion of Iraq, 10 years later

By The Center for Public Integrity

A look back at the Center's coverage of the path to invasion and the cost of war.

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Inside a war-time contract

By André Verlöy

Contractors failing troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg

Pentagon claims $757 million overbilling by contractor in Afghanistan

By Richard H.P. Sia

Lawmakers are upset that the Pentagon kept giving billions of dollars to a food supplier for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

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Pentagon negotiates with indicted contractor, despite suspension

By Amy Biegelsen

Early warning

By Alan Green

Overbilling by overseas contractors, plus lax oversight means money is being wasted

By Nick Schwellenbach

Invasion of Iraq, 10 years later

By The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpts from this story referencing "Defense Logistics Agency":

"… esented one of the largest U.S. military contracts in Afghanistan. But the Defense Logistics Agency, which was overseeing the contract, failed repeatedly to verify that the c …"