EPA not ready to name coal ash locations

By Kristen Lombardi

Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Dem, stirred excitement last Friday when she decried the “huge muzzle” the Obama administration placed o

Excerpts from this story referencing "Army Corps":

"… According to the agency, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have advised officials not to disclose the locations of the s …"

"… has held hearings on coal ash threats, sent a letter to the EPA, DHS, and Army Corps asking why they’re treating the coal-ash facilities differently than suc …"

"… g out the double standard won’t necessarily sway the EPA. Kinch says the Army Corps’ dam inventory database includes 12,000 similar high-hazard dykes across …"

Documents reveal concern regarding Halliburton contracts

By André Verlöy

A top Army contracting officer asks for an independent investigation

Excerpts from this story referencing "Army Corps":

"… report. …"

"… ditional documents—none of which was originally included among those the Army Corps supplied to the Center in response to a Freedom of Information request and …"

"… d interference" when dealing with KBR. The documents also contain internal Army Corps e-mails and a version of the justification review document which includes …"

"… d reason for extension" and "I cannot approve this."A spokeswoman said the Army Corps supports the rights of employees to "use established procedures to ensure" …"

Halliburton contracts balloon

By André Verlöy and Daniel Politi

Despite being under an investigative cloud, company gets $4.3 billion in 2003

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"… , this one to run 10 years.Under the LOGCAP contract, in November 2002 the Army Corps of Engineers tasked KBR to develop a contingency plan for extinguishing oi …"

"… nguishing oil well fires in Iraq. Not surprisingly, on March 24, 2003, the Army Corps announced publicly that KBR had been awarded a contract to restore oil-inf …"

"… o additional task orders are being added to the contract, according to the Army Corps. (For more information on contract DACA63-03-D-0005, see Inside a War …"

"… ity filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act.In June 2003, the Army Corps announced that it would replace KBR's oil-infrastructure contract with two …"

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Inside a war-time contract

By André Verlöy

How a $24M military contract becomes a $887.4M contract

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"… of the March 8, 2003, no-bid Iraqi oil restoration contract awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers to KBR, increased from its original ceiling of $24 million to …"

"… or contractor oversight," Guttman said.Lu P. Christie, a spokesman for the Army Corps, told the Center that the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, the Pentagon's Office of …"

"… o additional task orders are being added to the contract, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.On Oct. 29, 2003, the Center for Public Integrity filed suit …"

"… s.On Oct. 29, 2003, the Center for Public Integrity filed suit against the Army Corps for failure to fully and promptly respond to Freedom of Information Act re …"