Archive: August 5, 2007 - August 11, 2007
Halliburton, Questions and Fuel for Debate
For four years, the no-bid contract awarded to Halliburton has been a magnet for controversy. The deal allowed the company to become the government's leading contractor in Iraq, and questions were raised over why it received the contract without competition. Then came the questions about money, which mounted as...
By Robert O'Harrow | August 10, 2007; 7:32 AM ET | Comments (0)
On The Case
Almost everybody knows about the contracting fiasco over the FBI. The nation's premier law enforcement agency spent $170 million on a computer system, dubbed Virtual Case File, that was so bad that agents had to rely on old fashioned paper. Contractor SAIC told Congress that it had warned the...
By Robert O'Harrow | August 9, 2007; 7:14 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Numbers On Small Business
The response to the posting here about small business contracting last week spurred me to take another crack at it, sooner than I had expected. I'm now sure this aspect of federal procurement is -- how shall I put it? -- ripe for more sensible attention. Among other things...
By Robert O'Harrow | August 8, 2007; 11:05 AM ET | Comments (2)
Bush, Doan And The Hatch Act
Consider this question a blast from the not-too-distant past: What is happening to the recommendation by the U.S. Special Counsel that President Bush discipline General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis Doan "to the fullest extent" over allegations she asked political appointees how they could "help our candidates" during a...
By Robert O'Harrow | August 7, 2007; 11:37 AM ET | Comments (3)
