Monday, November 30, 2009

THE NEARLY UNFATHOMABLE DEPTHS OF PENTAGON CORRUPTION

By Bob Chapman, Part I

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Budget busters

CapeCodOnline.com

Defense Contractor Rampage: A Case Study

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog

| Audit reviews BRAC savings

Watertown Daily Times

Oshkosh gets $438 mln US order ahead of Gates tour

Reuters

KBR improperly billed for security guards — senator

Houston Chronicle

Halt The Iraq Gravy Train -

Courant.com

Iraq reconstruction watchdog fights for survival

Foreign Policy

The Pentagon's Black Hole

Huffington Post

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

It's time to cut from the top

SocialistWorker.org

The bottom line is sky-high, and Congress just keeps on spending

SunHerald.com

The Best Allies Money Can Buy

NYTimes.com

Audit warns KBR to cut number of employees in Iraq

The Associated Press

IG: Combat-zone tax rules lead to errors

Air Force Times

Defense Department's Top Auditor Forced From Post

ABC News

McCain calls for watchdog over US tanker rematch | Industries | Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters

Reuters

Censored!The 10 big stories the major media ignored in the past year

Illinois Times!

Staff shortages linked to Defense audit agency problems

GovExec.com

Deepening Financial Crisis

Global Research - Canada

Who's in Big Brother's Database?

The New York Review of Books

50 Examples of Government Waste

Heritage Foundation

Pentagon auditor deemed serial failure

Washington Times

Defense Contractors

TPMMuckraker

Pentagon May Have Overpaid Boeing, Report Says

CQ Politics

GAO: DOD Audit Oversight Has "Widespread Problems"

WEB CPA

McCaskill: of audits and earmarks (and tweets)

KansasCity.com Prime Buzz

Shoddy government contractors in Iraq should be held accountable

STLtoday.com

The Bling They Curse and Carry

Counter Punch

What’s in a Number?

Australia.to

No Accounting for Waste

Mother Jones

Election Day in Afghanistan: American taxpayers fund terrorism and corruption

CFP

Wartime contractors get grilled over mismanagement

OhMyGov!

America's Warfare State

Global Research - Canada

How Congress Finances Pork

Center for Defense Information

Probe requested in Marine delays of laser, trucks

Sun Journal

Afghan Corruption: Is the Inspector General Up to the Job?

TIME

More problems reported with Defense Contract Audit Agency

GovExec.com

Q & A: Government oversight

IowaPolitics.com

More 6-month tours for airmen

Air Force Times

The federal government needs an IG in chief

POLITICO.com

Up Next: Biden vs. Cantor

Washington Post.com

Afghanistan: Oversight AWOL?

Mother Jones

The "War on Terrorism" that America lost

Media Monitors Network (MMN)

Sunk Costs -e

Washington Monthly

A push to open the Pentagon's books

Jen DiMascio - POLITICO.com

Unabashed Greed And Financial Fraud Continue Bankrupting America

American Chronicle

The Fog of Wartime Contracting

An OhMyGov!

Third Inspector General Controversy Emerges

ABC News

KBR Should Refund U.S. Payments for War Insurance, Auditors Say

Bloomberg.com

Questions for Hearing on Denial of Benefits to Civilian Contractors Injured in Iraq and Afghanistan - ProPublica

ProPublica

KBR Should Refund U.S. Payments for War Insurance, Auditors Say

Bloomberg.com

U.S. Global Health Strategy - Kaiser Global Health

Boston Globe

US War Privatization Results in Billions Lost in Fraud, Waste and Abuse--Report

CommonDreams.org

Wartime Contracting Commission: Billions Wasted On Private Contracts In Iraq, Afghanistan

cbs2chicago.com

Privatization of Obama's War

Consortiumnews.com

Report: Government Audit Shows Flawed Top-Secret Clearances at Pentagon

FOXNews.com

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Is Halliburton forgiven and forgotten?

Asia Times Online

At last common sense on the defense budget | PoconoRecord.com

PoconoRecord.com

How can this be?

Las Vegas Sun

LOGCAP III Contracts Remain a Hot Topic

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog

Hired hands for sensitive tasks

San Diego Union

Shades of Iraq, millions spent in Afghanistan lack adequate oversight | csmonitor.com

csmonitor.com

KBR improperly billed for security guards — senator | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle

The Private Contracting Surge Into Afghanistan by Kelley B. Vlahos -- Antiwar.com

Antiwar.com