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Top 100 Contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Findings from the Center's second installment of 'Windfalls of War'

Windfalls of war: Pentagon's no-bid contracts triple in 10 years of war

By Sharon Weinberger

Since 9/11, Pentagon's no-bid military contracts have tripled -- to $140 billion

FCC makes new rules to reform troubled program

FCC makes new rules to reform troubled program
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Windfalls of war: Taxpayers get hammered by Pentagon attempts to "one-stop-shop"

By Sharon Weinberger

Pentagon abused its sole-source authority on weapons from tankers to choppers

Excerpts from this story referencing "Project on Government Oversight":

"… s, from price to quality, according to Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). “If you know somebody else can step in, it acts as an incentive …"

Congressional reform and interoperability still plagued by systematic problems

By Corbin Hiar

A new report says Congressional oversight of national security and emergency communications systems are still weak

Surge in outsourcing creates problems in performance, oversight

By The Center for Public Integrity

A 72 percent increase in federal contractor jobs makes oversight difficult, causes performance issues, and decreases competition
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Nuclear sites lack adequate security

By The Center for Public Integrity

Even though intelligence shows terrorists have considered targeting nuclear facilities, security hasn't been beefed up

Lobbying the watchdogs

By Elizabeth Brown

Hundreds of companies push their agendas with the GAO, FEC and OGE

Congressmen call for probe of fraud-plagued phone fund for schools, libraries

Rep. W.J. Tauzin and Sen. Conrad Burns, who oversee telecommunications issues, begin investigations into the E-Rate fund

Outsourcing the Pentagon

By Larry Makinson

Who benefits from the politics and economics of national security?

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