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Contracting Time Out for Booz Allen Hamilton

Posted on: February 8th, 2012 at 5:14 pm — by Forseti

NEIL GORDON – (POGO) – February 8, 2012 – The Air Force has just suspended from federal contracting a unit of global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and recommended it for debarment. The notice was posted in the Excluded Parties List System on Monday.

The EPLS record cites the action as a proposed debarment pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) section 9.406-2, which outlines the various causes for debarment: conviction of or civil judgment for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with a contract; violation of federal or state antitrust laws relating to the submission of offers; commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; commission of any offense indicating a lack of business integrity or honesty; or serious violations of the terms of a federal contract or subcontract.

In a statement to Federal News Radio, Booz Allen said the Air Force’s action “relates specifically and solely to the San Antonio office and individually to two current and three former employees based there.” The EPLS notice indicates that the proposed debarment includes four individuals. According to the company, the incident “involved a former government employee who we hired who inappropriately retained and provided government procurement-sensitive information.”

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Posted in GOV. CONTRACTORS, Politics, Reports & Investigations. Tags: Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, debar, DFAR, Excluded Parties List System (EPLS), Gordon Heddell, IBM, Neil Gordon, POGO. No Comments »

Probe Finds Dover Supervisors Targeted Whistleblowers

Posted on: February 1st, 2012 at 4:07 am — by Forseti

(November 11, 2011 – interview with whistleblowers William Zwicharowski, James Parsons & Gari-Lynn Smith)

Jim Garamone – (American Forces Press Service) – WASHINGTON - January 31, 2012 – The Office of Special Counsel has determined that supervisors at the U.S. Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del., retaliated against four employees who tried to expose wrongdoing at the facility.

(Read the rest of the story here…)

Posted in A Soldiers Story, GOV. CONTRACTORS, Reports & Investigations. Tags: Dover Air Force Base, Dover Mortuary, Gari-Lynn Smith, Gen. John P. Abizaid, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, James Parsons, Michael B. Donley, U.S. Port Mortuary, William Zwicharowski. 1 Comment »

Pentagon can’t account for nearly $2 billion in Iraqi funds

Posted on: January 30th, 2012 at 11:13 am — by Forseti

Sara Sorcher – (National Journal) – January 30, 2012 – A federal audit that found the Defense Department cannot account for nearly $2 billion in Iraqi funds is likely to fuel Baghdad’s interest in pursuing a claim against Washington for failing to handle its money responsibly, the special inspector-general for Iraq reconstruction Stuart Bowen told National Journal.

An audit published on Sunday investigated the roughly $3 billion the Iraqi government gave the Defense Department to pay bills for contracts the Coalition Provisional Authority awarded before it dissolved in 2004. Most of these funds were deposited into an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Even though DOD was responsible for maintaining the proper documentation, it could only account for $1 billion of the money.

“Its systematic of the poor record keeping that was rife throughout the early stages of the reconstruction effort,” Bowen, who has conducted three other major audits into the original pot of roughly $21 billion in Iraqi funds the U.S. managed in 2003 and 2004, said.

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Posted in GOV. CONTRACTORS, Politics, Reports & Investigations. Tags: Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), DoD*, SIGIR, Stuart W. Bowen. 3 Comments »

More DoD Investigations of Allegations of U.S. Contractor-Fueled Human Trafficking

Posted on: January 26th, 2012 at 7:44 pm — by Ms Sparky

I find it hard to believe, after all the reports called into the DoDIG, the CID, the DCIS, all they have managed to investigate are three. Iraq was overflowing with human trafficking issues by contractor employees. POGO published and in depth report regarding human trafficking. The news media has reported on human trafficking violations. Individuals have reported instances of human trafficking. MsSparky.com has published instances of human trafficking. When will these DOD contractors be debarred. When will these DOD contractors be indicted for human trafficking? When will someone go to prison? I don’t know what more the DOJ needs for indictments, but someone needs to grow a set and indict someone! ~Ms Sparky

NICK SCHWELLENBACH – (POGO) – January 26, 2012 – It appears that Fiscal Year 2011 saw more Defense Department criminal investigations of alleged human trafficking by its contractor supply chain than in any one of the last five years, according to a Pentagon inspector general report publicly released today (it is dated January 17).
All three investigations involved or allegedly involved U.S. government contractors or subcontractors in Southwest Asia: Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.

Here’s how the inspector general describes the three cases in its report: (Read the rest of the story here…)

Posted in GOV. CONTRACTORS, Iraq Human Trafficking, Reports & Investigations, Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Violations. Tags: DoD Contractors, DoD*, DoDIG*, Human Trafficking, Nick Schwellenbach, POGO, Trafficking In Persons. 6 Comments »

Charles O. Finch & Gary M. Canteen sentenced for bribery scheme at Bagram

Posted on: January 20th, 2012 at 6:14 pm — by Forseti

US Army Sergeant Major and Former Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Bribery Conspiracy at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan

(DoJ) – WASHINGTON – January 20, 2012 – A former sergeant and a sergeant major in the U.S. Army, who were deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, were sentenced to 51 months and 31 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a bribery scheme involving the award of a Department of Defense (DOD) trucking contract, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced.

Former Sergeant Charles O. Finch, 45, of Milalani, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi in the District of Hawaii to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution to the DOD. Sergeant Major Gary Canteen, 42, of Delaware, was sentenced today by Judge Kobayashi in the District of Hawaii to 31 months in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Defense.

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DoD unveils new initiatives to combat sexual assault in the military

Posted on: January 19th, 2012 at 11:25 am — by Forseti

While praising some of the new steps to combat sexual violence that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Wednesday, critics say the Pentagon isn’t going nearly far enough. ~ DoD sex assault prevention efforts fall short, critics say – Stars and Stripes

By msnbc.com staff and news services – WASHINGTON – January 18, 2012 – U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the Pentagon is preparing new initiatives to try to curb sexual assaults in the military — a problem he believes could be six times greater than reported.

Panetta said 3,191 sex assault cases were reported in the military last year, but because so few victims come forward, he believes the real number is closer to 19,000 assaults. In 2010, 3,158 cases were reported.

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Posted in A Soldiers Story, Politics, Rape, Hazing, Discrimination & Harassment, Reports & Investigations. Tags: DoD*, Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Pentagon, Rape, Secretary Leon Panetta, Sexual Assault. No Comments »

Afghanistan: Two British soldiers ‘abused kids aged ten’

Posted on: January 19th, 2012 at 10:48 am — by Forseti

PM’s shock at ‘child abuse’

John Kay and Virginia Wheeler - 18 Jan 2012 – Two British soldiers have been arrested over claims they abused Afghan children aged about ten. The accused pair — a sergeant and a private in the Mercian Battle Group — allegedly encouraged a boy and a girl to touch them through their clothes.

They are said to have filmed the children doing it before showing the footage to other soldiers on laptops.

David Cameron was said to be “deeply shocked” last night over the claims.

The Prime Minister was informed of the allegations by defence chiefs.

They told him military police had arrested a sergeant and a private.

The fully-uniformed pair, both from the Mercian Battle Group currently deployed in Afghanistan, allegedly filmed the separate incidents before showing them to comrades on laptops.

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Posted in Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, Reports & Investigations. Tags: Afghanistan, Arrests, Child Crimes, David Cameron, Mercian Battle Group. 1 Comment »

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