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The Ugly End to the Largest Service Contract in U.S History
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May 10, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
May 10, 2013
By Neil Gordon
Company Hit By Chinese Hackers Still a Trusted Fed Supplier
U.S. defense contractor QinetiQ North America got picked clean by Chinese hackers, but the government still awards the company contracts.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
May 1, 2013
Rep. Coffman to Appropriators: Cut Pentagon Pork
Rep. Mike Coffman sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee asking them to replace sequestration with "responsible reductions to the defense budget."
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Topics: National Security
April 25, 2013
Another Former Lockheed Employee Takes Key Senate job
Another former Hill staffer with Lockheed Martin on their resume will fill the job of Republican staff director for the Senate Armed Services Committee, according to an article in ProPublica.
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Topics: National Security
April 19, 2013
F-22s Make Three ‘Precautionary’ Landings in Japan
In early April, three F-22 jets were forced to make “precautionary landings” at Kadena Air Base in Japan, according to an article in Defense Tech.
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Topics: National Security
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