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January 26, 2015
By Neil Gordon
SAIC Fraud Case Leaves Whistleblower Unsettled
Two years after the company formerly known as SAIC paid millions to settle a contract fraud case, the Air Force officer who blew the whistle remains disappointed with the outcome.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
January 22, 2015
By Neil Gordon
Supreme Court Strikes Out KBR
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals by KBR and Halliburton to dismiss three lawsuits accusing them of harming service members and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
January 22, 2015
New Article Advocates for Consolidating Nuclear Complex
A new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advocates for consolidating the nuclear weapons complex.
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Topics: National Security
January 21, 2015
By Joe Newman
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Fired Air Marshal
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today that Robert MacLean, a former U.S. Air Marshal, did not break the law when he blew the whistle on the federal government’s plan to reduce security on some long-distance flights.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
January 20, 2015
POGO to FDA on Conflicts of Interest: Disclose Them!
POGO once again reaches out to the FDA to ask the agency to make public any potential financial conflicts of interests of its advisers.
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Topics: Public Health and Science
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