Government Contractors

Pictured above, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles near the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011.Â Peter Lichtenbaum, a partner at Covington and Burling, said that in the past decade of war, American lives were needlessly lost because transferring commercial technology to counter roadside bombs to the military took too long. (AP Photo)

National Security

Pentagon acquisition reform can save lives, experts say

October 5, 2015 7:29 pm

Ruben Castro, owner of La Fiesta Braval, a Mexican restaurant in Laurel, Miss., clears the tables during the lunch rush, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

Business

President’s blacklist rule would hurt minority businesses

Alfredo Ortiz -

August 25, 2015 4:01 am

In this June 16, 2015, photo, Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the OPM data breach. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Politics

Shutting down OPM’s background check system could crush federal contractors

Nicole Duran -

July 8, 2015 12:49 pm

National Security

Government’s ‘free’ ID theft protection could cost $20 million

Pete Kasperowicz -

June 5, 2015 10:46 pm

Billions of taxpayer dollars could be lost on 40 unaudited Energy Department contracts

Ethan Barton -

February 10, 2015 10:20 pm

International Relief and Development has received more than $1 billion in contracts for work in Afghanistan and $85 million for work in Iraq. (iStock)

Another top USAID contractor being investigated for ‘serious misconduct’

Sarah Bedford -

January 29, 2015 10:00 am

If Sandia could not prevent competing bids, then it wanted the criteria by which proposals were evaluated changed in its favor. (iStock)

Sandia illegally used contract dollars to lobby for more federal contracts

Luke Rosiak -

November 19, 2014 10:00 am

Afghan construction workers install steel reinforcement bars on a building to be used by the Afghan National Army in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The site is just one of many construction projects in the capital, where skilled workers earn about $20 per day and laborers earn around $10 daily. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

USAID not collecting ineligible contractor costs

Sarah Bedford -

October 22, 2014 4:02 pm

Feds often ignore market research

Sarah Bedford -

October 14, 2014 1:37 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,Â wants Treasury to explain why it awarded Bank of America an exclusive and lengthy contract to provide services to the prison system, without the company having to bid against other companies.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Economy

Grassley questions bank’s prison contract

Susan Ferrechio -

October 6, 2014 8:16 pm

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Tag: Government Contractors

Pentagon acquisition reform can save lives, experts say

President’s blacklist rule would hurt minority businesses

Shutting down OPM’s background check system could crush federal contractors

Government’s ‘free’ ID theft protection could cost $20 million

Billions of taxpayer dollars could be lost on 40 unaudited Energy Department contracts

Another top USAID contractor being investigated for ‘serious misconduct’

Sandia illegally used contract dollars to lobby for more federal contracts

USAID not collecting ineligible contractor costs

Feds often ignore market research

Grassley questions bank’s prison contract

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