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Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Federal agencies are increasingly reliant on contractors but many struggle to manage them and therefore expose billions in taxpayer dollars

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Pentagon contracting audit chief removed following critical Senate hearing

By Nick Schwellenbach

Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon contract for M-RAPS is ahead of schedule

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon’s contract examiners need to cooperate

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon criticized for falling short on efficiencies

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Defense spends billions of dollars every year to maintain contract management, finances, and weapon acquisition. A report

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Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon’s military inventory needs better housekeeping

By Laurel Adams

DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon’s military inventory needs better housekeeping

By Laurel Adams

Owning spare and replacement parts for complex weapon systems and military equipment is essential to military preparedness, but buying, trac

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Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Sensitive information posted on Pentagon’s own public Websites, report says

By Laurel Adams

DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

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ITC hurt by agency's weak inspector general role

By Laurel Adams

The U.S. International Trade Commission has ended five years of temporary inspectors general who failed to produce any investigations, audit

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Nondisclosure forms needed as contractor ranks grow

By Julie Vorman

Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

By John Solomon and Amy Biegelsen

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

GAO: U.S. weapons given to Pakistan could fall into enemy hands

By Jeremy Borden

The Defense Department isn’t properly tracking military equipment given to Pakistan and the lack of oversight could lead to U.S. technology

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Pentagon criticized for falling short on efficiencies

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

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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DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon contract for M-RAPS is ahead of schedule

By Laurel Adams

Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Sensitive information posted on Pentagon’s own public Websites, report says

By Laurel Adams

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Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

The Pentagon issued $1.5 billion in payments every business day in fiscal 2010 with an error rate of less than one-tenth of one percent, acc

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

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon’s military inventory needs better housekeeping

By Laurel Adams

Sensitive information posted on Pentagon’s own public Websites, report says

By Laurel Adams

DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Defense (DOD) has struggled since 1988 to establish a comprehensive medical records database for the 9.6 million service m

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Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon’s military inventory needs better housekeeping

By Laurel Adams

Sensitive information posted on Pentagon’s own public Websites, report says

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon contract reform: A decades-old conversation

By Nick Schwellenbach

President Obama told us last week that "the days of giving defense contractors a blank check are over.” Well, maybe. Reforming Pentagon cont

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Pentagon weapons test report harder to get since 9/11

By Nick Schwellenbach

Pentagon’s contract examiners need to cooperate

By Julie Vorman

Mismanagement of major weapons acquisitions

By The Center for Public Integrity

Pentagon's accounting shambles may cost an additional $1 billion

By R. Jeffrey Smith

The GAO adds to government’s to-do list

By Nick Schwellenbach

The federal government’s to-do list just got a little longer. Congress’s investigative arm, the Government Accountability Office, today rele

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GAO: Worst of the worst federal programs

By Aaron Mehta

Billions of dollars for fancy software and where has it gotten them?

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

Human capital issues plague government

By The Center for Public Integrity

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