Archive: April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008
Earmarks and Misdirection
It turns out that even some of the biggest beneficiaries of earmarks are finding them to be too much of a good thing. That according to the folks at Taxpayers for Common Sense. The group keyed to a new Defense Department Inspector General's "Report on the Cost, Oversight, and...
By Robert O'Harrow | April 11, 2008; 5:59 AM ET | Comments (4)
Intelligence Riches
Here's one that would put a song in the hearts and minds of any investor: SAIC and seven other contractors just scored an intelligence analysis contract with the Defense Intelligence Agency. The potential value on the deal: $1 billion. The DIA will call on the contractors for a wide-array of...
By Robert O'Harrow | April 10, 2008; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (6)
Loophole?
So who exactly put that loophole in the proposed OMB rule last year? You know, the one that would exempt U.S. contractors in foreign countries from having to report waste, fraud or abuse they encounter while doing work for the government? No way to know exactly just yet. That's because...
By Robert O'Harrow | April 9, 2008; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
