Cheney led Halliburton to feast at federal trough

By Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2000 — Under the guidance of Richard Cheney, a get-the-government-out-of-my-face conservative, Halliburton Company ove

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"… Army (Except Corps of Engineers)$624,926,000461Department of Defense – Air Force (Headquarters)$6,310,00020Departmentof Defense – Army Corps of Engineers …"

Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

Most of the contract awards announced each day on the Pentagon’s public website are missing some of the information required about dollar am

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"… de one or more of the required categories of information. “None of the 5 Air Force award announcements included contract type, number of solicitations reques …"

One-fourth of Pentagon’s war zone pay to civilians was improper

By Julie Vorman

The Pentagon improperly spent $57.7 million on danger and hardship pay and other special allowances and pay differentials for nearly 9,000 c

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"… oratory lost track of hard drives containing classified information (OIG)* Air Force personnel did not consistently follow laws on undefinitized contractual ac …"

"… ty Dept. science and technology program manager abused his position (OIG)* Air Force did not adequately monitor “Title II” contractors in Southwest Asia (O …"

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The Murtha Method

By The Center for Public Integrity

For months, a cloud has swirled around Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee,

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"… e earmark was for an Integrated Base Defense Security System for a Georgia Air Force base. McNatt left Kingston’s office at the end of 2008, returning to Inn …"

"… grand jury looking into defense contracts. Two corporate executives and an Air Force official pleaded guilty this summer for their roles in a kickback scheme i …"

"… e cuts in the Army’s request for operations and maintenance and Navy and Air Force training budgets for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.Data Editor Da …"

Jerry Lewis — Appropriations Committee?

By Amy Biegelsen

A California congressman since 1978, Jerry Lewis aims to regain the gavel of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and all the federal bud

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"… litary spending, where he led an early effort to eliminate funding for the Air Force’s F-22 jet and shepherded increasingly controversial spending for the wa …"

DOD officials junket to Johnstown

By Nick Schwellenbach

The Center’s recent investigative report, Pentagon Travel, revealed that over a decade’s time, Defense Department employees took thousands o

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"… ps to Johnstown took place from May 31 to June 1, 2007, and involved seven Air Force officials, including Charles D. Riechers, then the number-two acquisition …"

"… official and William A. Davidson, the top adviser to the Secretary of the Air Force. The officials attended Johnstown’s annual Showcase for Commerce, known …"

"… f the Showcase waived $2,100 in total conference registration fees for the Air Force officials.“The fee to view the [Showcase] exhibits was waived for all go …"

"… nnel as mutually beneficial to both parties,” said Gary T. Strasburg, an Air Force spokesman. He said the personnel were also conducting other Air Force busi …"

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Pentagon contracting audit chief removed following critical Senate hearing

By Nick Schwellenbach

The head of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), April G. Stephenson, is being removed, according to an e-mail she wrote today to DCAA

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"… e Launch Vehicle program, which provides space-launch capabilities for the Air Force. …"

House committee moves to allow suits for military medical malpractice

By Nick Schwellenbach

Congress moved Wednesday toward allowing soldiers to sue military medical personnel for medical malpractice, except in cases related to comb

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"… lifornia “reluctantly” ruled against Alexis Witt, the wife of the late Air Force Staff Sgt. Dean Witt, because he was bound by Feres, according to the judg …"

"… While recovering following surgery at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento, Calif., Dean Witt stopped breathing and student nurs …"

Courage needed to reform defense procurement

By Nick Schwellenbach

Three Air Force majors with a moniker of “Team Rogue” are shaking up the never-ending debate over Pentagon weapons procurement by advocating

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"… y deliver more survivable vehicles to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. …"

"… the F.I.S.T. concept, argues one of the majors, will require courage.Three Air Force majors say the unmanned Predator drone is an example of success of their F …"

"… nexpensive, simple and tiny, weapons procurement programs. Courtesy of the Air Force.The majors — Dan Ward, Gabriel Mounce, and Christopher Quaid — have be …"

"… he past. Lesser-known F.I.S.T.-oriented programs, Ward said, include a new Air Force light attack/armed reconnaissance program for 100 “cost effective” air …"

Fraud cases fell while Pentagon contracts surged

By Nick Schwellenbach

The number of defense contracting fraud and corruption cases sent by government investigators to prosecutors dropped precipitously under the

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"… o the department’s website.The Task Force was created in the wake of the Air Force’s Darleen Druyun contracting fraud scandal, which led to the largest def …"

"… bright spot in defense fraud enforcement this decade. Once the number two Air Force acquisition official, Druyun pleaded guilty in 2004 to one count of conspi …"

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