The Ugly End to the Largest Service Contract in U.S History →
Dealings between KBR and the Army have gotten “very nasty” as the two try to close out the largest government services contract in U.S. history, according to an article in Federal Times.
House Votes to Bar Tax-Delinquent Contractors But Not Individuals →
The House unanimously passed a bill to bar contractors who are behind on their taxes from receiving federal funds, according to an article in The Washington Post.
Senators urge Army to halt contracts to companies with ties to terrorists →
That seems like a no-brainer.
(Source: thehill.com)
Your Tax Dollars Fund Human Trafficking. Click Here to Do Something About it →
Thousands of foreign nationals working for U.S. government contractors and subcontractors are victims of human traffickers. Many of these workers have been lied to in regards to where they’ll work and how much they’ll get paid. Often, after they arrive, they live in squalid conditions and have their travel documents taken away, making them prisoners.
It’s unconscionable.
If you agree, then please send a letter to the federal agency in charge of writing the new anti-trafficking regulations. Demand that contractors and subcontractors be held accountable so that the thousands of workers who provide food and other necessary services to our soldiers and reconstruction personnel aren’t trapped in the horrors of modern-day slavery.
(Source: pogo.org)
“Bad contracting is not just a waste of money, it can actually kill people here.”
John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Read the full interview with Sopko to get a glimpse at just how bad the situation is in Afghanistan, especially when it comes to private contractors.
(Source: hhttp)
“…a billion-plus of taxpayer’s money went to essentially nothing.”
-Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Davis, the service’s top uniformed acquisition official.
Where was that money supposed to go? To a supply-chain management software project that was so behind schedule the Air Force had to cancel it despite sinking $1 billion into the project. Now there is an investigation into how this program went so wrong.
A “Mutiny” in Kabul: Guards Allege Security Problems Have Put Embassy at Risk
Private guards responsible for protecting what may be the most at-risk U.S. diplomatic mission in the world — the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan — say security weaknesses have left it dangerously vulnerable to attack.
In interviews and written communications with the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), current and former guards said a variety of shortcomings, from inadequate weapons training to an overextended guard force, have compromised security there — security provided under a half-a-billion-dollar contract with Aegis Defense Services, the U.S. subsidiary of a British firm.
Obama objects to whistleblower protections in defense bill →
The expansion of whistleblower protections to contractor employees was a huge win in the NDAA. Unfortunately, President Obama used a signing statement to object to the expanded protections, which could help uncover billions more in waste and fraud.
BP Suspension: What’s Behind Door Number Two? →
Now that oil company BP has been suspended from federal contracting, who is going to step into the breach and become the Pentagon’s top fuel supplier? More importantly, how much more ethical and responsible will BP’s replacement be? Read more on the POGO blog.
