Yesterday the FBI raided the offices of the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OTEC). The acting chief security officer has been accused of conspiring with a contractor to defraud the city. The reason this case is getting so much publicity as the AP reports is that the gentleman, Yusuf Acar, arrested used to work for President Obama’s choice for Federal...
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Due to the aging fleet of F-16 aircraft bought in the Eighties several NATO countries are looking at upgrading their fleets. Norway, Denmark, Greece and Turkey have discussed buying new aircraft. Norway decided to go with the F-35 JSF continuing its American turn. Greece in January said that it most likely would pursue a new aircraft this year now that government spending has recovered from...
One of the original proposals in the “Recovery” or “Stimulus” bill passed ultimately by the Democratic Congress and President Obama was a requirement that only U.S. products could be used. Once it was pointed out the rule would not only be a bad idea but probably violate various treaties related to international trade it was rewritten. The version passed does not allow...
In December the U.S. Department of Defense accelerated a plan to buy lighter, more maneuverable MRAP vehicles. The concept was to receive proposals in January and then reduce those down ultimately to two contenders who might win all or a part of the contract. The program received several proposals from General Dynamics, Force Protection, BAE, Oshkosh and Navistar. Bloomberg reports that the...
As the various States and the Federal Government look to cut costs one of their biggest issues is their current contracts with their employees. Many states, like Pennsylvania and New York, signed new contracts last year basing them on what turned out to be inaccurate economic projections. In the City of Philadelphia’s case many contracts are up for negotiation as they signed one year...
The IRS had had a small program to use private collection agencies to try and get paid on medium sized tax debts — the five to ten thousand dollar range. The AP reports this program was abruptly ended. Although the cost-benefit of this contract was actually in the favor of the government it has been obvious that the Obama administration would prefer to use Federal workers to do this...
The Los Angeles Times reports that EADS had a profit of almost $2 billion for the last year. In the last quarter the company made over $600 million. This is a swing of over $2.6 billion from 2007 when the company was recovering from the A380 delays. The company is not that positive about the upcoming year due to the downturn in the world’s economy and the struggles it faces with the...
The Independent reports that the British government and defence industry are growing concerned about possible cuts to the U.S. defense budget having fallout to their already weakened economy. On top of Obama’s treatment of Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week Britain worries that some key programs may be cut or canceled. Due to the consolidation of the U.S. defense industry in the...
Back during the campaign one of the things the Senator McCain, a noted budget hawk, discussed was increasing the use of Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracts. The new “Recovery” or “Stimulus” bill requires maximum use of these types of contracts. Federal Computer Week discusses how this may not necessarily be the best plan. The whole government contracting process as...
From Pennsylvania land of corrupt judges who misuse contracts comes the story that the Democratic House Caucus hired a contractor to screen applicants for paid positions with that organization. The Morning Call writes that despite a hiring freeze for state employees the Caucus wants to fill three positions. To add some insult to injury one of the positions is vacant due to the employee being...
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