Tag: Logan Porter

Math mistakes lead government to pay contractors up to 3 times market rate under Davis-Bacon

Logan Porter, Luke Rosiak · April 23, 2014 4:00 am

Security guards patrol the sidewalk in front of a Veterans Affairs hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., in February 2013. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Cost overruns, delays plague huge Veterans Administration building projects

Logan Porter · March 25, 2014 4:00 am

EXography: Federal workers make up to twice as much as others doing same job

Logan Porter, Luke Rosiak · March 25, 2014 4:00 am

Veterans Affairs officials resign after promoting employee who used tax dollars for ‘female companions,’ sexted on VA computers

Logan Porter · March 11, 2014 12:00 am

DOJ seizes nearly $500 million belonging to Nigerian dictator who died in 1998

Logan Porter · March 6, 2014 12:00 am

Oh Sung Kwon of Vienna, Va., the co-founder and former chief financial officer of defense contractor Avenciatech, pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and willful failure to file a tax return. (Thinkstock)

Virginia businessman gets prison for role in historic bid-rigging scheme

Logan Porter · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

The numbers show federal contractors are paid an average of twice what than private sector workers earn in the same position -- and defense contractors earn three times as much as their private sector counterparts, according to a 2012 report by the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Defense contractors make three times private sector wages, numbers show

Logan Porter · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

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Fraudsters get jail time for housing scams

Logan Porter · February 10, 2014 5:00 am