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Arm's Length Negotiations
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
The Pentagon Attempts to Quietly Push Two Sweetheart Deals for Boeing Through Congress
November 26, 2001
Heavy Lifting for Boeing: Sweetheart Deal Helps Defense Contractor and Hurts Taxpayers
March 19, 2001
Heavy Lifting for Boeing: Sweetheart Deal Helps Defense Contractor and Hurts Taxpayers A December 2000, the Air Force proposed a possibly illegal arrangement to declare Boeing's C-17 military cargo airlifter a "commercial item" -- even though the government is the only purchaser of this plane. The result would be reduced financial oversight of any future Air Force purchases of the cargo plane. The U.S. taxpayers would shoulder a huge sum to artificially create a commercial market for a private company to haul bulky and heavy "outsized" cargo.
March 1, 2001
The C-17 proposal is only the latest in a series of recent attempts by defense contractors to remove financial oversight from government auditors and at the same time improperly increase their profits. The costly plan would be footed by the taxpayers and would give preferential treatment to a private frieght hauler.
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Army defends hiring of two former Bragg commanders, By Henry Cunningham, Fayetteville Observer (NC), December 10, 2009
Ethics law skipped in Army mentoring hires, , United Press International, December 9, 2009
Army mentoring deals bypass ethics law, By Ken Dilanian, Tom Vanden Brook and Ray Locker, USA Today, December 7, 2009
Army claims sexual trysts tied to Iraq contracts, by Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, November 11, 2007
RAND study for DoD states that new tankers are not needed, By Megan Scully, GovExec.com, January 27, 2006
Air Force Proposes Plan to Help Boeing With Sale of Planes, By James Dao, New York Times, March 19, 2001
