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January 14, 2016
By Neil Gordon
Millions of Dollars Wasted in Afghan Extractives Program
The Pentagon Task Force that spent $43 million on a gas station and $150 million on luxury villas might have wasted up to $54 million on efforts to revive Afghanistan's oil, gas, and minerals industries.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
January 7, 2016
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Is the U.S. Embassy in Kabul the next Benghazi?
Exclusive photos and eyewitness accounts of new attack raises concerns (again) about safety of U.S. embassy in Afghanistan.
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December 23, 2015
Congress Locks Pentagon into Commercial Item Ripoffs
New legislation and industry concerns might have killed a Defense Department commercial item buying rule that would have prevented wasteful spending. We'll have to wait until next year, but it certainly looks like the Pentagon is locked into more bad deals
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Topics: Contract Oversight
December 17, 2015
By Neil Gordon
Many Top Federal Contractors Have Human Rights Violations
As Human Rights Week wraps up, we invite the public to explore our Federal Contractor Misconduct Database for instances in which the federal government's largest suppliers were alleged or found to have violated basic human rights and freedoms.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
December 15, 2015
By Neil Gordon
Federal Fraud Recoveries Drop More than 38 Percent
In fiscal year 2015, the Department of Justice recovered more than $3.5 billion in cases involving fraud against the government—a dramatic decrease from the previous fiscal year’s total.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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