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The big business of small business

By Elizabeth Brown

Top defense contracting companies reap the benefits meant for small businesses

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GSA tracks contractors’ work in database off-limits to public

By Jim Morris

Winning contractors – An update

By Daniel Politi

Surge in outsourcing creates problems in performance, oversight

By The Center for Public Integrity

Outsourcing the Pentagon

By The Center for Public Integrity

Center report finds $362 billion in no-bid contracts at the Pentagon since 1998

By The Center for Public Integrity

Defense Department relies on contractors for services

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A family connection

IMPACT: Nelson calls conditions at some military base schools "shameful"

By Kristen Lombardi

Will truth again be first casualty?

By Jacqueline Sharkey

Pentagon lacks funding to fix public schools on military bases

By Emma Schwartz

Outsourcing the Pentagon

By The Center for Public Integrity

Methodology and acknowledgements

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Surge in outsourcing creates problems in performance, oversight

By The Center for Public Integrity

Winning contractors – An update

By Daniel Politi

The big business of small business

By Elizabeth Brown

GSA tracks contractors’ work in database off-limits to public

By Jim Morris

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Federal regulator gets derivatives advice from industry insiders

By Keith Epstein and Ben Protess

Advisory group to Commodities Commission dominated by finance lobbyists, execs

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Top derivatives regulator: 'We haven’t filled the gaps'

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

One year after reform law passed, Wall Street still spending big on lobbying

By Shirley Gao

Financial reform this week: Derivatives market jittery about missed deadlines

By Julie Vorman

Oversight fails to keep pace with a changed market

By The Center for Public Integrity

Barney Frank vs. the credit raters

By Ben Protess

Financial services chair got tough measures passed, some want tougher

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For all the blame, credit raters still count on big banks for support

How credit raters fended off oversight from Congress and SEC

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Rating agencies fight (and lobby) for survival

Under attack, credit raters turn to the First Amendment

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Flaws in Iraqi police contract raise questions about Afghan effort

By Christine Spolar

Department of State failed to perform oversight on contract to build Iraqi police force

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Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Winning contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity and The Center for Public Integrity

State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

By Laurel Adams

Windfalls of war: Pentagon's competition for contracts abysmal compared to other agencies

By Sharon Weinberger

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Afghan police training bedeviled by delays

By The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

Pentagon to re-bid on Afghan police training contracts and keep spending billions

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Army's mishandling of Afghanistan police contract boosted costs

By Zach Toombs

To speed recruits, U.S. cuts Afghan police training to six weeks

By Christine Spolar

Military training of Afghan National Police mired in contract dispute

By Christine Spolar

Millions of dollars in U.S. aid wasted in Afghanistan

By Zach Toombs

Audit finds poor controls on millions of dollars in Afghan police program

By The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

Pentagon discovers overpayments to contractor, potential for waste

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Fraud cases fell while Pentagon contracts surged

By Nick Schwellenbach

Pentagon’s contract examiners need to cooperate

By Julie Vorman

Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Flaws in Iraqi police contract raise questions about Afghan effort

By Christine Spolar

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Sending troops home could pave way for more non-competitive defense contracting

By R. Jeffrey Smith

After more than ten years of conflict, and around $1 trillion spent, what will troop drawdown mean for Department of Defense?

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

By Sharon Weinberger

Outsourcing the Pentagon

By Larry Makinson

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg

Top 100 Contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Pentagon whistleblower Franz Gayl is reinstated

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Senior Marine Corps science advisor Franz Gayl wins case, plans to return to work

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Pentagon failed to protect whistleblowers

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Aaron Mehta

Pentagon watchdog weak on whistleblowers

By Nick Schwellenbach

Anti-whistleblower track record continues

By Nick Schwellenbach

Whistleblower bill close to winning Senate approval

By Laurel Adams and Aaron Mehta

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