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A Pennsylvania audit of hundreds of millions of dollars in government technology contracts released Wednesday found poor record keeping, insufficient central oversight and an increased potential for a conflict of interest when it came time to pick the winning bids.
Wendi Goldsmith, president of a “green” design and construction firm, is no stranger to landing government contracts, but she’s not expecting a windfall from the billions flowing into green businesses as part of the $787 billion federal stimulus package.
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has received two contracts at a total value of $16 million for analytical support and administrative services.
Ampal-American Israel Corp. said Monday that East Mediterranean Gas Co., in which Ampal holds a 12.5 percent stake, has signed three gas sale agreements worth about $1.3 billion.
Oil and gas company Apache Corp. on Monday said it secured new contracts to supply 50 million cubic feet of natural gas per day through Argentina's Gas Plus Program.
Olympic contracts have benefited British businesses by more than $8.3 million ahead of the 2012 London Games.
Federal investigators are searching for suspicious transactions in the personal bank records of a retired Army colonel who ran the contracting office in Baghdad during the early stages of Iraq's $125 billion reconstruction.
Two companies the state accuses of negligence that contributed to the Interstate 35W bridge collapse have won a combined $50 million in new highway and bridge contracts since the deadly disaster two years ago.
The Defense Department frequently awards no-bid work to small contractors for repairs at military bases under the new economic stimulus law, costing taxpayers millions of dollars more than when businesses compete for the work, according to an Associated Press analysis of 570 such contracts.
A program that grants preferences to Alaska Native corporations when they compete for billions of dollars in government contracts was scrutinized Thursday by a U.S. Senate panel.
Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. on Thursday said its 10-year power contracts with the Long Island Power Authority and the New York Power Authority have been approved, with energy delivery set to begin in July.
Under pressure to reform its troubled weapons-buying process, the Pentagon is planning to add 20,000 new federal jobs over five years to beef up its ability to handle contracts, cost estimates and oversight, the deputy defense secretary said Wednesday.
In 1969, an aeronautical engineer at North American Rockwell discovered a discrepancy in his paycheck: Every hour, he was being overpaid by roughly 2 cents, or one-third of 1 percent of his pay.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's comment that the country may nationalize its oil sector has "raised some eyebrows" among international oil firms, but there has been little indication that such action is imminent, a U.S. diplomat in the North African nation said Tuesday.
There were more challenges to federal contracts in 2008 than any year in the past decade, as companies fought over fewer multibillion-dollar projects.
A growing number of the heating oil customers who signed fixed-price contracts as costs spiked over the summer are now attempting to back out of those deals as the price of oil collapses.
Iraq's oil minister met 34 oil company representatives in London on Monday to set out the ground rules for foreign multinationals' first bite at the country's enormous energy reserves since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Iraq's oil minister will meet Monday in London with representatives of international oil companies for the first round of bidding for new contracts in the country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the minister's spokesman said.
The government wasted millions of dollars on four no-bid contracts it handed out for Hurricane Katrina work, including paying $20 million for a camp for evacuees that was never inspected and proved to be unusable, investigators say.
Two U.S. servicemen and several contractors exchanged nearly $100,000 to arrange contracts worth more than $1 million at an airfield in Afghanistan, according to bribery and conspiracy indictments unsealed Wednesday.
The State Department on Thursday denied charges by a House committee that it inappropriately encouraged a Texas-based oil company to strike an exploration deal with the Kurdish government in Iraq.
The Army has 306 generals leading nearly 525,000 troops, according to Defense Department statistics.
The Army's march to overhaul its tarnished contracting system has been slowed by an unlikely foe: the White House.
Clemson football coach Tommy Bowden receives more than $1.8 million a year under his newly signed contract.
President Rafael Correa says Ecuador wants to buy out private oil companies unwilling to negotiate new deals with his government.
Ethics rule could slow DOD's revolving employment door DOD requires written ethics approval for senior officials, who have worked personally and had major decision-making authority on a DOD contract.
Companies using offshore tax havens look to bill for windfallMultinational corporations are fighting to preserve language in a spending bill that would weaken a ban on federal contracts. Only a handful of companies could benefit from the language, but they could receive a windfall if the Senate legislation is approved.
Scientology investigation overdue - St. Petersburg TimesWhen workers for the Church of Scientology sign a contract agreeing to serve in the church's Sea Organization for "the next billion years," the church can twist that agreement into a license to harass its workers, track them down if they leave and pressure them to return.
Lawyerese Goes Galactic as Contracts Try to Master the UniverseLawyers for years have added language to some contracts that stretches beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
Stimulus dollars going to accused contractorsSo far, 33 federal departments and agencies have awarded more than $1.2 billion in stimulus contracts to at least 30 companies that are ranked by one watchdog group as among the most egregious offenders of state and federal laws.
Bing threatens to scrap city workers' contractsDetroit Mayor Dave Bing said he will terminate all city worker contracts and impose concessions, including a 10% pay reduction, if unions do not agree to new contracts within the next 30 days.
Updates On Matt Morgan & AJ Styles New 5-Year TNA ContractsOn Monday, it was reported that A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan have signed new 5-year contract extensions with TNA Wrestling.
This question woke me up this afternoon and since I don't have an answer I'm asking ya'll what you think. Now I know what you're thinking right now you're saying 18 is adulthood and why are you asking such a silly question? Well I'll tell you why.
Army captain accused of taking bribes in IraqA U.S. Army captain has been charged with accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes while he was stationed in Iraq to steer more than $500,000 in contracts.
India May Approve Nuclear Sites, U.S. Defense Accord India may make two announcements next week paving the way for more than $20 billion in contracts for U.S. companies building nuclear-power plants and selling defense technology, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake said.
"Crony Capitalism": Property Rights Take a Hit--- Peter Schiff "Crony Capitalism" is support for the ruling regime is the best and only path to economic success. Who you know supersedes what you know, and favoritism trumps the "rule of law."
Draft picks Gilbert, Iglesias sign four-year contractsWell looks like Bears Management finshed ahead of the league again with contrats now if they could only do the same in wins. Oh well one step at a time Go Bears.
Xavier students rally around ousted high school teacherAPPLETON — Students at Xavier High School plan to stage a rally Monday morning to support Matt Prill, a popular teacher whose contract was not renewed for the 2009-10 school year. Advertisement
Report: Bush Administration Appointee Awarded Sole Source Contracts to Ideologically Favored Companies, IndividualsA former Justice Department grant-making administrator violated federal ethics and procurement rules in awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars in sole source contracts to ideologically favored companies and individuals, the department's inspector general concluded today.
Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, was given no bid contracts on all kinds of outsourced work for the military. One of these contracts was to construct shower facilities for our troops.
David Sirota: .A government of men, not lawsUnited Steelworkers President Leo Gerard likes to say that Washington policymakers "treat the people who take a shower after work much differently than they treat the people who shower before they go to work." In the 21st century Gilded Age, the blue-collar shower-after-work cr …
Unions Renegotiated Their Contracts, AIG Executives Won'tRep. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) attacked AIG for not renegotiating their "iron clad" contracts the same way the auto workers union (UAW) was forced to do during the recent car-maker bailouts.
Obama calls for overhaul of earmarks Earmarks are unrelated pet projects that members of Congress insert in spending bills. The president maintained that earmarks can serve a useful purpose, but he said it is time for Congress and the White House to embrace a new set of guiding principles.
Franchise Fraud: Wake Up and Smell the Fine PrintWhat Shaw didn't mention, either in conversation or in the company's disclosure documents, was that Coffee Beanery's cafe concept was a bust; most of the shops closed within three years, leaving their owners deep in debt.
Nextel/Sprint Gives almost Half Back to CustomersSPRINT/NEXTEL are settling a lawsuit for charging Early Termination Fees on their cell phone service contracts. This settlement affects evry former user which potentially is in the hundreds of thousands.
Way to do business, First Gentleman styleFor a time, it looked like that was the end of the WB case against the corruption in [Philippines'] Gloria government, until a more detailed report was leaked out, which had a Japanese contractor telling the WB panel that he had met directly with Mr.
Compensation clause in ID card contracts angers ToriesTaxpayers face paying tens of millions of pounds in compensation to private companies involved in the national identity card scheme if their contracts are torn up by an incoming Conservative government.
Nine Steps to Peace for Obama in the New YearI don't always post this guy because he became a kind of celebrity. I thought some of this was at least plausible and not too fantastic.
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