Many public schools on military bases get poor or failing report card

By Emma Schwartz

Pentagon confirms nearly 40 percent of public schools on bases are in poor or failing condition

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"… ublic schools can be seen here. Rankings of Pentagon-run schools are here. The Pentagon’s explanation of its rankings can be found here]Among the schools with t …"

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

By Sharon Weinberger

Pentagon's record of competitive contracts is poor compared to other agencies

Excerpts from this story referencing "The Pentagon":

"… contract, The Pentagon could avoid holding a new full and open competition.The Pentagon’s decision raised an immediate issue: DynCorp was the incumbent on the c …"

"… d contracts: it competed almost 77 percent of its contract dollars in 2010.The Pentagon defends its overall record. “The FY10 competition rate of 61.7 percent i …"

Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Tracking the cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, $1 trillion and up

Excerpts from this story referencing "The Pentagon":

"… d in Afghanistan and Iraq. The wars cost taxpayers $2 billion a week. The Pentagon has awarded $206 billion in contracts to support operations in Iraq and Af …"

"… amount has increased from $50 billion in 2001 to $140 billion in 2010.KBR: The Pentagon’s conciergeKBR, formerly Kellogg, Brown and Root, won the first "concier …"

"… wn the cost of expensive new weapons systems, to the benefit of taxpayers. The Pentagon's competed contracts fell to 55 percent in the first half of 2011.Pentagon …"

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Outsourcing the Pentagon

By Larry Makinson

Who benefits from the politics and economics of national security?

Excerpts from this story referencing "The Pentagon":

"… et-asides), and eight percent gave no competition information at all. The Pentagon's contracting force is top-heavy, and growing more so. Out of a total univ …"

"… at least on a limited scale, are due to take effect later this year. The Pentagon's shopping list has undergone a gradual, and largely unnoticed, transforma …"

"… core functions that for good reason the government used to do on its own. The Pentagon has even hired contractors to advise it on hiring contractors. The ac …"

"… tment also buys a lot of the same things everyone else buys, only more so. The Pentagon's electric bill, for instance, came to $3.7 billion over the six-year peri …"

The shadow Pentagon

By Dan Guttman

Private contractors play a huge role in basic government work—mostly out of public view

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"… chnologies are the lifeblood of 21st century military command and control. The Pentagon (and taxpayers) paid for the creation of the Internet, and much else that …"

"… "The end result is that, increasingly, contractors must manage one another.The Pentagon now relies on contractors themselves to collect and analyze basic data on …"

The Pentagon's $200 million shingle

By Alex Knott

Defense data shows billions in mistakes and mislabeled contracts
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Statement of Charles Lewis, Executive Director

By Charles Lewis

The Center for Public Integrity's executive director explains Outsourcing the Pentagon

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

Outsourcing the Pentagon

By The Center for Public Integrity

Methodology and acknowledgements

Pentagon lacks funding to fix public schools on military bases

By Emma Schwartz

A senior Pentagon official says DOD is a billion short of what's needed to fix troubled public schools on military bases

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