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DOE Contracting Woes Continue
May 20, 2013 -
Company Hit By Chinese Hackers Still a Trusted Fed Supplier
May 10, 2013 -
Watchdog Says Government Trying to Silence Embarrassing Afghanistan Reports
May 9, 2013 -
Cell Phone Services Show Broken Buying System
May 8, 2013 -
If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try Again…and Again…and Again
May 7, 2013 -
Afghanistan Incinerators Burn Money, Not Trash
April 26, 2013 -
President’s 2014 Budget Has Contracting Theme
April 25, 2013 -
Why Is the Army Accepting Unfinished Apache Helicopters?
April 18, 2013 -
House Votes to Bar Tax-Delinquent Contractors But Not Individuals
April 16, 2013
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March 26, 2013
The Missile Defense System That Won’t Die
Army brass and the Senate have said they don’t want Lockheed Martin’s latest missile defense system, but the government is going to pay for it anyway, according to an article in DOD Buzz.
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Topics: National Security
March 25, 2013
Senate Intelligence Panel Moving Toward Transparency
In a welcome move, the Senate Intelligence Committee said they will release information on how individual senators vote on measures and nominations before the committee, according to an article in Roll Call.
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Topics: Open Government
March 22, 2013
Retire Today, Do the Same Job for More Pay Tomorrow
The Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General (IG) released an inspection report detailing prime contractor employees who retire and then go to work as a subcontractor doing the same work in the same office but at a higher salary, which might not be goo
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 22, 2013
FDA to Tighten Regulations on Defibrillators
After 45,000 malfunctions and 88 recalls since 2005, the Food and Drug Administration is seeking tougher regulations on the heart defibrillator industry, according to an article in The New York Times.
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Topics: Public Health and Science
March 21, 2013
Big Businesses Offer Revolving Door Rewards
Major corporations are making it financially advantageous for executives to take government jobs, according to a new article by the Project On Government Oversight that reviewed regulatory filings from major Wall Street firms.
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Topics: Financial Sector
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