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Spare Parts
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
More Spare Parts Horror Stories: This Time It's Sikorsky
September 9, 2011
$1,887 Bolt - $2,185 Nut - $14,529 Hub - $11,701 Radio Defense Contractor Spare Parts Ripoffs Make Comeback
November 1, 2000
Pentagon Parts Prices Balloon Under Reinventing Government
September 2, 1999
Amendment to Senate DOD Authorization Will Help Contractors Hide $76 Screws and 618% Price Hikes
May 26, 1999
618% Overpricing: Pentagon Bypasses Waste Fixes
January 28, 1999
Getting Screwed Again
March 19, 1998
Related Resources
POGO in the News
IG: Iraq logistics contractor marked up prices as much as 12,000 percent, Charles S. Clark, Government Executive.com, August 2, 2011
Audit: Boeing overcharged U.S. Army $13M for helicopter parts, Martha Kang, KOMONews.com, June 28, 2011
Boeing found to have overcharged Army for helicopter parts, Charles S. Clark, Government Executive.com, June 28, 2011
Sikorsky battling major quality control problems, with Alan Cohn , News Channel 8 with WTNH in Connecticut, November 29, 2006
Pentagon Sticker Shock, by Jim Hightower, Hightower's Common Sense Commentary, February 1, 2001
