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Conflicts of Interest
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
Defense Working Out Contractor Conflict Kinks
July 22, 2010
POGO's Public Comment Regarding Conflicts of Interest in Major Defense Acquisition Programs
July 21, 2010
Contractor conflict of interest rule needs improvement
January 12, 2010
Another Conflicted Nominee Takes Office
September 10, 2009
Appropriating Justice
July 17, 2008
Senator Proposes Solutions to Contracting Fraud
June 25, 2008
DOJ Grant Program: Cronyism And Favoritism Taint Process
June 19, 2008
Getting Byrned by Justice: Favoritism in the Department of Justice Byrne Discretionary Grant Program In awarding federal grants, it is standard practice for a federal agency to require that a competitive grant proposal go through a peer review process in order to evaluate the merit of the application. POGO has found that multiple FY2007 Byrne Discretionary Grants appear to have been awarded outside of the peer review process, and believes there are even questions of patronage and conflicts of interest by DOJ appointees. Documents obtained by POGO indicate that DOJ awarded 13 grants without evaluating them through the peer review process, and at least two of those grants appear to involve conflicts of interest between the grantee and DOJ appointees in the offices awarding those grants.
June 19, 2008
Flawed Thunderbirds Contract Tainted with Improper Influence
April 18, 2008
Bush Legal Eagles Soar To Prestigious Private Roosts
April 14, 2008
Conflicts of Interest Rules Causing Conflicts
March 28, 2008
Air Force Wants Contractors to Write Its Strategy
March 28, 2008
DOJ Issues Guidelines on Corporate Monitors
March 11, 2008
Contractors are more than a shadow government
March 11, 2008
Lobbyists, Defense Contractors Held Holiday Party for House Government Reform Committee
January 13, 2006
Testimony before Defense Acquisition Review Panel should not be limited to defense contractors
September 2, 2005
Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
July 8, 2003
Related Resources
DOD challenges defense contractors on ethics and integrity
by Kenneth J. Krieg, Department of Defense
Veterans Health Administration: Inadequate Controls over Miscellaneous Obligations Increase Risk over Procurement Transactions
Statement of Kay L. Daly, Director Financial Management and Assurance, Government Accountability Office, Report #GAO-10-307T
December 16, 2009
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Case Studies Show Fraud and Abuse Allowed Ineligible Firms to Obtain Millions of Dollars in Contracts
Statement of Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report #GAO-10-306T
December 16, 2009
Results in Brief: Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services for the U.S. Army Future Combat Systems
Inspector General, Department of Defense, Department of Defense Report No. D-2010-024
November 24, 2009
Inside the White House Advisory Group: Influential Business Leaders, Former Officials, Sit at the Homeland Security Table
By Christopher Logan, Congressional Quarterly
October 18, 2002
POGO in the News
‘Revolving door’ is still spinning for lawmakers, lobbyists, By Diana Marrero, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 30, 2010
Proposed conflict of interest rule is a lightning rod for criticism, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive (govexec.com), July 27, 2010
Job door revolves despite fed rule; Career official walks thin line, By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times, June 16, 2010
Conflict of Interest Worries Raised in Spill Tests, By Ian Urbina, The New York Times, May 20, 2010
N.Y. Times still pays Obama's nominee to Army post; Lawyer would probe news leaks, By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times, April 1, 2010
Nominee's ties to TSA contractors raise ethics concerns, By Chris Strohm, GovernmentExecutive.com, March 16, 2010
Pentagon panel has contractor contacts, By Ray Locker and Ken Dilanian, USA Today, March 1, 2010
Taiwan’s $1 billion missile buy from Raytheon under review by watchdog group, By Michael Richardson, The Examiner, February 9, 2010
Watchdog wants all Pentagon official's contacts with Raytheon, By Bryan Bender, The Boston Globe; Boston.com, February 8, 2010
Tracking The Money Obama Gives To Local Law, By Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio (NPR), January 2, 2010
Daschle Had Public and Private Role in Push for Digital Health Records, By Fred Schulte & Emma Schwartz, The Huffington Post, December 15, 2009
Contractors Watching Contractors, By Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, December 10, 2009
Inouye's earmarks go to his donors, By Herbert Sample, Associated Press, December 9, 2009
Congresswoman Maxine Waters faces ethics probe, By Kitty Felde, 89.3 KPCV Southern California Public Radio, November 18, 2009
Boos as Obama taps Yucca supporter, By Stephanie Tavares, Las Vegas Sun, October 21, 2009
Obama's Radioactive Regulator: Why did the White House pick a cheerleader for nuclear energy to oversee the industry?, By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, October 20, 2009
Did Hank Paulson Break the Law?, By Nick Baumann, Mother Jones, October 20, 2009
Ten administration officials granted exceptions to ethics rule, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, September 9, 2009
Treasury nominee to keep corporate pay, By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times, May 12, 2009
Nonprofit Lobbyists Want To Work For Obama, By Bara Vaida , The National Journal Online, April 9, 2009
Nonprofit Lobbyists Want To Work For Obama, , National Journal's Under the Influence, April 9, 2009
FEMA Chief of Staff to Recuse Himself from Contracts with Former Employer, By Daniel Fowler, CQ Homeland Security, April 3, 2009
Dennis Blair, By Mark Thompson, TIME Magazine, January 12, 2009
Nonprofit raises issue with pick for intelligence, by Matthew Cella, The Washington Times, January 9, 2009
Retired admiral tapped for top intel position , By Philip Ewing, Navy Times, December 22, 2008
Dennis Blair leading contender for NID, By Jen Dimascio, Politico, November 11, 2008
Stevens and the Need for Government Oversight, By Marthena Cowart, The Hill, October 29, 2008
Department of beams in the eye, By Meredith Wadman, Nature, October 23, 2008
NIH Punished Scientist Who Had Called for Open Records, By Richard Monastersky, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 22, 2008
NIH Scolded Employee For Flagging Conflicts, By Ed Silverman, Pharmalot, October 22, 2008
Analysis: Bush library corruption charges, By Shaun Waterman, United Press International, July 14, 2008
Justice in Hot Water Over Dubious Grants, By Matthew Blake, Washington Independent, July 3, 2008
Report: DOJ Grantees Getting by with Help from Their Friends, By Ben Protess, ProPublica, June 20, 2008
Panel tees off on Justice grant official's golf outings, By Dan Friedman, CongressDaily, June 20, 2008
Investigators Look for Favoritism in Justice Department Grants, By Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, June 19, 2008
DHS allows industry liaison to keep his business ties, By Ben Bain, Federal Computer Week, February 26, 2008
Mukasey Had Been Overseer Finalist; Attorney General Withdrew His Name After Nomination , By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post, January 30, 2008
Ex-Officials Benefit From Corporate Cleanup, By Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, January 15, 2008
Association of Bay Area Governments Helps Fund Pentagon Program, By Richard Brenneman, Berkeley Daily Planet, February 27, 2007
Edo director resigns amid conflict-of-interest charges, By James Bernstein, Newsday, August 2, 2006
Pentagon reviews conflict-of-interest accusation, By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters, July 31, 2006
Lou Dobbs Tonight, With Christine Romans, CNN, January 13, 2006
Schmooze Or Lose, by Kimberly Palmer, Government Executive, December 1, 2005
What's Lincoln Group? , , Govexec.com, December 1, 2005
Cronyism in the Bush Administration, With Aaron Brown, Anderson Cooper, Joe Johns, CNN's "Newsnight with Aaron Brown", October 13, 2005
Watchdog group says influence peddling sets stage for breaking law , By William Finn Bennett , NCTimes.com, July 16, 2005
Lawmaker's home sale questioned , By Marcus Stern, Copley News Service, www.signonsandiego.com, June 12, 2005
Boeing Still in the Cross Hairs, By Sally B. Donnelly , Time Magazine, March 21, 2005
Adviser To Ridge, Adviser To Business Partners; Questions on Kerik's 2 roles , By Thomas Maier and Ken Fireman of the Washington bureau contributed to this story. , Newsday, December 11, 2004
Boeing's call for help from Air Force raises more questions, by Byron Acohido, USA Today, December 8, 2003
