The Politics of Contracting - BAE Systems
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BAE Systems is a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor that develops naval platforms, military aircrafts, electronics, and system integration. BAE is currently under contract to help produce the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
| Money Spent by BAE Systems to Influence Decisions and Secure Future Federal Contracts 1997 through 2004 |
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|
YEAR |
TOTAL Campaign Contributions |
INDIVIDUAL Contributions |
PAC Contributions |
SOFT MONEY** Contributions |
LOBBYING Expenditures |
CONTRACT AWARDS
(from U.S. Gov't) |
| 2004 |
$153,900
|
$23,550
|
$130,350
|
$0
|
NCA
|
NCA
|
| 2003* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$1,620,000
|
$1,927,583,144
|
|
2002 |
$513,028
|
$30,252
|
$482,276
|
$500
|
$1,600,000
|
$1,405,629,000
|
| 2001* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$920,000
|
$1,004,077
|
| 2000 |
$297,740
|
$7,101
|
$290,639
|
$0
|
$1,230,000
|
$1,062,699
|
| 1999* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$200,000
|
$796,795
|
| 1998 |
NCA
|
NCA
|
NCA
|
$0
|
$85,000
|
NCA
|
| 1997* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$0
|
NCA
|
|
TOTALS
|
$964,668
|
$60,903
|
$903,265
|
$500
|
$5,825,000
|
$3,333,212,144
|
*Campaign contributions are reported in two-year cycles.
** In 2002, McCain-Feingold (the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act) banned soft money contributions. The United States Supreme Court upheld the soft money ban in 2003.
NCA means Not Currently Available.
|
Senior Government Officials
Turned Current & Former Company Executives for BAE Systems 1997 through 2004 |
| Robert Fitch, U.S. Army (Ret.), Former Senior Professional Staff Member & Director of the Program & Budget Authorization Staff of the House Committee on Intelligence, Former Member of President William J. Clinton's Intelligence Transition Team |
|
Senior Government Officials
Turned Current & Former Board Directors for BAE Systems 1997 through 2004 |
| Sheila C. Cheston, Former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force, Former Special Associate Counsel to President William J. Clinton |
| Dr. Robert S. Cooper, Former Member of the Defense Science Board, Former Director for Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) |
| Richard J. Kerr, Former Member of the Defense Science Board, Former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency |
| General Kenneth A. Minitan, U.S Air Force (Ret.), Former Director of the National Security Agency - Central Security Service |
| Robert L. Prestel, Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency |
| Michael Raoul-Duval, Former Special Counsel to President Gerald Ford, served with President Richard Nixon |
| Dr. William Schneider Jr., Chairman of the Defense Science Board, Member of the Rumsfeld Commission (the commission to assess the ballistic missile threat to the U.S.), Chair of the Department of State's Defense Trade Advisory Group, Former Chair of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control & Disarmament, Former Undersecretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology |
| General Anthony C. Zinni, U.S. Marine Corps. (Ret.), Former Commander-in-Chief - U.S. Central Command |
|
Senior Government Officials
Turned Current & Former Registered Company Lobbyists for BAE Systems 1997 through 2004 |
| Albert Randall, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Former Assistant Chief Counsel for the Federal Aviation Administration (Baker, Donelson et al.) |
| Former Rep. Robert Livingston (R-LA) (Livingston Group) |
|
Firms Registered to Lobby for BAE Systems
1997 through 2004 |
| Baker Donelson Bearman & Caldwell Belew Law Firm CAE USA Davis O'Connell Fennie Bruce & Associates Hyjek & Fix Inc. Livingston Group Paw & Associate Peduzzi Associates Robinson International Rooney Group International Sneed, Robert D. |
POGO's list of the top 20 government contractors for FY 2002 was compiled by Government Executive magazine (Vol. 35, No. 12, August 2003, p. 24). The dollars for total, individual, political action committee, and soft money contributions, as of December 1, 2003, were provided by the Center for Responsive Politics. Lobbying expenditures were compiled by POGO from information obtained from Political Money Line and the Center for Responsive Politics. Contract award dollars from FY 1997 through FY 2002 were compiled by Government Executive magazine. In February 2004, DOD listed its top 100 contractors in FY 2003 and we provided those DOD contract award figures for completeness.
For more information about the revolving door between the government and federal contractors and about campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures, please see POGO's report "The Politics of Contracting." For more detailed information regarding misconduct by the government's top contractors, see POGO's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database and POGO's report Federal Contractor Misconduct: Failures of the Suspension and Debarment System.
