The Politics of Contracting - Bechtel
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The Bechtel Group, Inc. is a Department of Energy (DoE) and Department of Defense (DoD) contractor that provides technical and management services to develop, engineer, build, and operate installations worldwide. Bechtel is currently under contract to lead the Iraqi Infrastructure Reconstruction program.
| Money Spent by Bechtel 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 |
$48,201
|
$8,201
|
$40,000
|
$0
|
NCA
|
NCA
|
| 2003* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$120,000
|
$910,399,648
|
| 2002 |
$543,220
|
$63,470
|
$152,500
|
$327,250
|
$520,000
|
$3,603,148,000
|
| 2001* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$300,000
|
$3,441,082,000
|
| 2000 |
$761,245
|
$110,645.
|
$201,700
|
$448,900
|
$240,000
|
$2,991,705,000
|
| 1999* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$320,000
|
$1,617,447,000
|
| 1998 |
$496,250
|
$32,800.
|
$173,900
|
$289,550
|
$260,000
|
$878,924,000
|
| 1997* |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$320,000
|
$659,798,000
|
| TOTALS |
$1,848,916
|
$215,116
|
$568,100
|
$1,065,700
|
$2,360,000
|
$14,102,503,648
|
*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 Bechtel 1997 through 2004 |
| Lt. General Jack Sheehan, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Member of the Defense Policy Board, Former North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Allied Commander - Atlantic, Former Commander-in-Chief - Atlantic |
| Charles "Chuck" Redman, Former Ambassador to Sweden and Germany |
|
Senior Government Officials
Turned Current & Former Board Directors for Bechtel 1997 through 2004 |
| George Schultz, Former Secretary of State, Former Secretary of the Treasury |
| Former Sen. J. Bennett Johnson (D-LA) |
|
Senior Government Officials
Turned Current & Former Registered Company Lobbyists for Bechtel 1997 through 2004 |
| Former Rep. Daniel R. Glickman (D-KS), Former Secretary of Agriculture (Akin, Gump et al.) |
| Former Rep. Bill Paxon (R-NY) (Akin, Gump et al.) |
|
Firms Registered to Lobby for Bechtel
1997 through 2004 |
| Akin, Gump et al. FH/GPC Boston O'Neill & Associates Patton Boggs Potomac Communications Group Thompson Consulting Group Van Scoyoc Associates |
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.
