Pentagon Finances= No Accountability: June 2008

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Darpa Slams 'No Accountability' Pentagon Money Men

All Doughnuts Lead to the Pentagon

CommonDreams.org

Defense Acquisitions

Pentagon overspent budget by $295 billion

Congress's spending goes unchecked, with more likely | csmonitor.com

The unbelievable cost of US wars

U.S. Funding to Pakistan Plagued With Problems, GAO Report Says

washingtonpost.com

US lawmakers shocked at Pakistan getting $ 5.6 bn without oversight

Army Contracting Generally a Mess

The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register

White House Shoots Down Army’s Effort To Increase Oversight Of Defense Contractors

Pentagon Audit Finds $15 Billion in Iraq Funds Unaccounted For | War on Iraq |

Investigation Update: Three Days In Rome

Munitions Supplier, His Company and Others Indicted For Lying to Army on Government Munitions Contract

FOXBusiness.com

Literally, Too Many Problems to Track

washingtonindependent.com

Fun House Accounting at the Pentagon

Hawaii Reporter

Action Tougher Than Oversight

washingtonindependent.com

Ex-Army official says fired over KBR audit

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Halliburton's Questioned and Unsupported Costs in Iraq Exceed $1.4 Billion

US House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform, Minority Staff

Hurricane Relief Effort Costs on the Navy Construction Capabilities Contract

Inspector General - Us department of Defense

Audit faults KBR's charges to Navy after Katrina | Chron.com

Houston Chronicle

New US military contractor overbilling scandal in Iraq looms

Halliburton, KBR And More Questions - Government Inc.

Washington Post

GAO upholds Boeing's protest of Air Force tanker contract award to Northrop

Los Angeles Times

After $6B, Where's an Afghan Cop When You Need One?

Audit cites lack of planning for Afghan security

The Associated Press

Monday, June 16, 2008

IGs Face More Responsibility, Turf Wars

Too many dollars, too few Army investigators

The Associated Press

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Boeing Sought `Unjustified' $1.9 Billion Payment

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

Government Probes at Least 7 Defense Contracts for Charities -

washingtonpost.com

Improper Payments - Government Inc.

Eashington Post

Top Two Air Force Officials Ousted

washingtonpost.com

Iraq Spending Ignored Rules, Pentagon Says

Opinion: Waste you would not believe

Santa Rosa Press Gazette

Pentagon Overseer Calls for Larger Staff

washingtonpost.com

Pentagon: Big spenders

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

Pentagon Auditor: I Can't Do All This Auditing!

washingtonindependent.com

Editorial - Sticker Shock and Awe at the Pentagon

Pentagon struggles with $15bn hole in accounts

Accountancy Age

Nick Turse Probes the 'Military-Industrial Complex' of the 21st Century

Herley, ex-chief plead guilty, to pay $9.5M

LancasterOnline.com

Three Trillion and Counting

The Brooklyn Rail

Shell firms shielded US contractor from taxes

The Boston Globe

Billions for Pentagon Failures -

The Washington Independent

Dogs of War: Insurance? What insurance?

Middle East Times

Lesson on How Not to Build a Navy Ship

GAO: Millions wasted on federal credit cards

Tuition money spent on massage, music classes

Air Force Times

Kickbacks, weapons and suicide: the US Army's battle with corruption |

Carlyle Group May Buy Major CIA Contractor: Booz Allen Hamilton

Free Internet Press

Hemorraging $12 Billion a Month: Triage on How to Slow the Bleeding -

The Huffington Post

Contractors outnumber defense workers

Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore -

The Boston Globe

Our 'Three Trillion Dollar War' : NPR

Defense’s evaluations of contractors are useless, IG finds

FederalTimes.com

US: Inside the world of war profiteers

US Army left program's oversight to Raytheon-group

DoD IT networks could fail in catastrophe -

U.S. GAO upholds protest on Air Force contract

US watchdog rebuffs Air Force on Boeing contract

The Economic Times

Bush Seeks $515 Billion for Pentagon in Budget

Dogs of War: The importance of oversight

Lack Of Trained Personnel Means U.S. Cannot Manage Contractors In Wars

Free Internet Press

Military Paper Challenges Defense Dept.

Federal Watchdogs Under Fire

The Boss Contractors Need

The Dallas Morning News

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Pentagon Boosting Efforts to Get Weapons to Iraqi Military - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

A Ray of Hope Through Fiscal Gloom

Federal News Radio - WFED

"Unreasonable" Accounting in Iraq

U.S. paid $32M for Iraqi base that wasn't built

Hold the victory dance:

The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.

McCaskill focuses on contracting reform

Lake Expo Online

Military Lost Track of Equipment In Iraq Worth Millions, Audit Says

Washingtonpost.com

Pentagon Cites Poor Controls for Iraq Fund - New York Times

Pentagon, contractors cleaning U.S. out 12/02/07

Glad Tidings For Fed Number-Crunchers

Federal News Radio

US War Zone Contractors Reap $25Billion - Prensa Latina

Claims Of Missing Weapons Prompts GPS Tracking

Blackwater Goes to Mexico