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Top 100 Recipients of Federal Contract Awards for FY 2008
Data from the recently created USAspending.gov website.
http://current.com/items/89001391_usaspending_gov_where...
FY 2008 Rank Parent Company Name Dollars % of total
1 THE BOEING COMPANY $2,883,356,597 5.60%
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $2,438,000,514 4.73%
3 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION $1,526,171,116 2.96%
4 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC $1,447,722,456 2.81%
5 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC $1,039,231,351 2.02%
6 BECHTEL GROUP, INC $996,006,153 1.93%
7 MCKESSON CORPORATION $949,346,059 1.84%
8 ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY FOR DISTRIBUTION $918,256,500 1.78%
9 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION $806,912,172 1.57%
10 RAYTHEON COMPANY $793,191,177 1.54%
Complete list at link.
*Note: FY 2008 only includes data up to first and part of second quarter.
The contracts database is compiled from government data last released on 04/29/2008 Data from the recently created USAspending.gov website. ... more -
U.S. Military Contractor 'Used Armored Cars To Transport Prostitutes'
Some explosive testimony this afternoon from a panel of whistleblowers testifying before the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee on contractor abuse in Iraq.
A contractor died when a DynCorp manager used an employee’s armored car to transport prostitutes, according to Barry Halley, a Worldwide Network Services employee working under a DynCorp subcontract.
“DynCorp’s site manager was involved in bringing prostitutes into hotels operated by DynCorp. A co-worker unrelated to the ring was killed when he was travelling in an unsecure car and shot performing a high-risk mission. I believe that my co-worker could have survived if he had been riding in an armored car. At the time, the armored car that he would otherwise have been riding in was being used by the contractor’s manager to transport prostitutes from Kuwait to Baghdad.“
Other revelations:
- Kellogg Brown & Root contractors used to destroy countless quantities of still-usable equipment that was difficult to transport in “massive burn pits” that were “burning 24 hours a day.”
- KBR’s ice foreman “was cheating the troops out of ice at the same time that he was trading the ice for DVDs, CDs, food and other items at the Iraqi shops across the street.”
- When KBR whistleblower Frank Cassaday reported weapons looting, he was placed in a jail tent by KBR security.
- KBR employees looted Iraqi palaces for treasure to sell on eBay. Some explosive testimony this afternoon from a panel of whistleblowers testifying before the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee on c... more -
Congressmembers invested in companies reaping billions of $$ from defense contract...
Along with their colleagues in the House and Senate, the politicians who will get a status report from General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker have as much as $196 million of their own money invested in companies doing business with the Department of Defense, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has calculated. From aircraft and weapons manufacturers to producers of medical supplies and soft drinks, the investment portfolios of more than a quarter of Congress—and of countless constituents—include holdings in companies paid billions of dollars each month to support America's military in Iraq and elsewhere.
According to the most recent reports of their personal finances, 151 current members of Congress had between $78.7 million and $195.5 million invested in companies that received defense contracts of at least $5 million in 2006. In all, these companies received more than $275.6 billion from the government in 2006, or $755 million per day, according to FedSpending.org, a website of the budget watchdog group OMB Watch.
Lawmakers' investments in these contractors yielded them between $15.8 million and $62 million in income from 2004 through 2006, through dividends, capital gains, royalties and interest, the Center found. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), who are two of Congress's wealthiest members, were among the lawmakers who earned the most income from these contractors between 2004 and 2006, with Sensenbrenner making at least $3.2 million and Kerry reaping at least $2.6 million. Along with their colleagues in the House and Senate, the politicians who will get a status report from General Petraeus and Ambassador... more -
Blackwater wishes you a happy mercenary Holiday
Santa's coat is red, and I think I know why...
"A Christmas wish that Christ's great love,
His grace and goodness too,
May fill your heart and bless you now
and all the whole year through
May the Lord Jesus truly bless you during this wonderful season
as you rejoice with family and friends"
-Blackwater Worldwide"
Merry Blackwater Christmas everyone. Santa's coat is red, and I think I know why... "A Christmas wish that Christ's great love, ... more -
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Holding U.S. troops at gunpoint is not the best PR move...
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