The Politics of Contracting - Boeing
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The Boeing Company is a provider of military aircrafts for the Department of Defense (DoD), as well as a contractor for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supplying satellites and rockets. Boeing is currently under contract to manufacture the B-52 Stratofortress, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, V-22 Osprey, Future Combat System, and Air Force One for the Department of Defense.
| Money Spent by Boeing 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 |
$647,630
|
$143,300
|
$504,330
|
$0
|
NCA
|
NCA
|
| 2003* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$8,140,000
|
$17,339,688,858
|
| 2002 |
$1,816,702
|
$245,747
|
$870,473
|
$700,482
|
$8,260,000
|
$19,569,810,000
|
| 2001* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$7,338,310
|
$16,059,826,000
|
| 2000 |
$1,955,123
|
$370,199
|
$756,426
|
$828,498
|
$7,840,000
|
$14,660,730,000
|
| 1999* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$8,200,000
|
$14,217,112,000
|
| 1998 |
$1,656,788
|
$260,863
|
$866,425
|
$529,500
|
$8,440,000
|
$14,265,948,000
|
| 1997* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$10,080,000
|
$14,111,208,000
|
| TOTALS |
$6,076,243
|
$1,020,109
|
$2,997,654
|
$2,058,480
|
$58,298,310
|
$110,224,322,858
|
*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 Boeing 1997 through 2004 |
| Gale Andrews, Former Communication Specialist with the White House Support Staff |
| Rudy F. de Leon, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness, Former Staff Director of the House Armed Services Committee, Former Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense Les Aspin |
| Darlene Druyun, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Air Force Acquisition and Management |
| James W. Evatt, Former Special Assistant for B-1B-DCS Research, Development & Acquisition of the Pentagon, Former Member of the Defense Science Board |
| General Richard D. Hearney, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Former Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps |
| Tod R. Hullin, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense-Public Affairs |
| Vice Admiral John A. Lockard, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Program Manager for Navy F/A-18, Program Executive Officer For Tactical Aircraft Programs, Commander of Naval Air Space Systems Command |
| Maj. General Timothy P. Malishenko, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Former Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting - Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition |
| Lt. General George K. Muellner, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Former Member of the Defense Science Board, Former Principal Deputy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition |
| Alan R. Mulally, Member of the NASA Advisory Board, Member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board |
| Thomas R. Pickering, Sr., Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs |
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Senior Government Officials
Turned Current & Former Board Directors for Boeing 1997 through 2004 |
| Kenneth M. Duberstein, Former White House Chief of Staff |
| William J. Perry, Former Member of the Defense Science Board, Former Secretary of Defense |
| Rozanne L. Ridgway, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada |
| General John M. Shalikashvili, U.S. Army (Ret.), Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
|
Senior Government Officials
Turned Current & Former Registered Company Lobbyists for Boeing 1997 through 2004 |
| Nicholas E. Calio, Former Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (O'Brien & Calio) |
|
Former Rep. Rod Chandler (R-WA) (Downey McGrath Group) |
|
Linda Daschle, Former Deputy Administrator-FAA (Baker, Donelson et al.) |
| Rudy F. de Leon, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness, Former Staff Director of the House Armed Services Committee, Former Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense Les Aspin |
|
Former Rep. Thomas J. Downey (D-NY) (Downey McGrath Group) |
|
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Former Chief White House Domestic Policy Advisor, Former Undersecretary of Commerce, Former Undersecretary of State (Covington & Burling) |
|
Former Rep. Daniel R. Glickman (D-KS), Former Secretary of Agriculture (Akin, Gump et al.) |
|
Former Sen. J. Bennett Johnston (D-LA) (Johnston & Associates) |
|
Former Rep. Michael J. Kopetski (D-OR) (Michael J. Kopetski) |
|
Former Rep. Mel Levine (D-CA) (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) |
|
Former Rep. William D. Lowery (R-CA) (Copeland, Lowery & Jacquez) |
|
Former Rep. Raymond J. McGrath (R-NY) (Downey McGrath Group) |
|
Former Rep. Bill Paxon (R-NY) (Akin, Gump, et al.) |
| Albert Randall, Former Assistant Chief Counsel-FAA (Baker Donelson et al.) |
|
Former Rep. Toby Roth (R-WI) (Roth Group) |
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Former Rep. Martin A. Russo (D-IL) (Cassidy & Associates) |
| Former Rep. Vin Weber (R-MN) (Clark & Weinstock) |
| Christopher A. Williams, Member of the Defense Policy Board, Former Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Former Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Executive Secretary of the U.S. Negotiation Group on Space Arms, Executive Secretary of the Special Independent Review of the Strategic Defense Initiative Program (Johnston & Associates) |
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Firms Registered to Lobby for Boeing
1997 through 2004 |
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| Akin, Gump, et al. American Defense International APCO Worldwide Ashmore & Associates Baker, Donelson et al. Balzano Associates Bergner, Bockorny et al. Boland & Madigan Bryan Cave LLP Cambridge International Inc. Cassidy & Associates Clark & Weinstock Collins & Company Copeland, Lowery & Jacquez Covington & Burling Downey McGrath Group EOP Group |
Franzel, Brent S. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Higgins, McGovern, et al. Hill & Knowlton Jackson, Alvin B. Johnston & Associates Kerr, Gordon Kimmitt, Joseph S. Kopetski, Michael J. Legislative Strategies Magliocchetti Associates, Paul Mayer, Brown et al. McBee Strategic Consulting Miller Associates, Denny Miller & Chevalier O'Brien Calio O'Connor & Hannan Patton Boggs |
Paw & Associates PMA Group Potomac Strategies & Analysis Rasp Inc. Rhoads Maguire Group Robison International Rooney Group International Inc. Roth Group Ryan & Associates Shaw, Pittman et al. Staats Falkenberg & Partners Timmons & Company Van Scoyoc Associates Verner, Liipfert et al. Washington Group Weaver Jr., Paul A. Willard Group Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering |
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.
