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November 20, 2013
Senate Set to Vote on Contractor Compensation Caps
The Senate is taking up contractor compensation in the Defense Authorization bill. Different caps are on the table, but both are significantly lower than the House proposal, which might cause a battle during the conference committee meetings to finalize th
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 19, 2013
By Neil Gordon
Pentagon Says Nyet To Russian Arms Company
The Pentagon announced last week that it will no longer buy
helicopters from Rosoboronexport, a Russian state-owned arms company with a troubling client list.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 18, 2013
Pentagon-Funded Clinic Closes in Afghanistan
A hospital in Afghanistan that received a $750,000 investment from the Pentagon and hoped to be a model for quality, low-cost medical care is shutting down six years after it opened.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 15, 2013
At the Pentagon, “The Price is Wrong”
Representative Jackie Speier recently played the game, “The Price is Wrong,” on the House Floor in order to highlight cases in which
government contractors are overbilling the federal government hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 15, 2013
Big Firm Gets Small Business Contracts
The Washington Post released an investigation reporting that massive Virginia firm MicroTechnologies has been using a little-known contracting method to rake in millions of dollars of contracts designated for small businesses from the Department of Veteran
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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