International Business News - Contracting http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Among the premarket stories for Wednesday, Sept. 10, from AP Financial News: WASHINGTON (AP)--A Senate committee hearing was scheduled for Wednesday on alleged wrongdoing at the Defense Department's unit that audits major defense contracts. The hearing follows a recent report that found auditors skewed reviews in favor of some major defense contractors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/premarket-roundup-defense-contracting-lamar.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:16:44 EDT A Senate committee hearing was scheduled for Wednesday on alleged wrongdoing at the Defense Department's unit that audits major defense contracts. The hearing follows a recent report that found auditors skewed reviews in favor of some major defense contractors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/ahead-of-the-bell-defense-contract-agency-review.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:09:42 EDT A third man pleaded guilty for his role in defrauding a federal program designed to increase minority and small business participation in government contracts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/exec-pleads-guilty-to-minority-contracting-fraud.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:38:46 EDT Companies collected millions of dollars in government contracts by claiming to have main offices in poor neighborhoods that were actually empty duplexes, part-time offices and other ineligible locations, congressional investigators charge. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/investigators-find-abuse-in-govt-contract-program.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:42:06 EDT Companies collected millions of dollars in government contracts by claiming to have main offices in poor neighborhoods that were actually empty duplexes, part-time offices and other ineligible locations, congressional investigators charge. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/investigators-find-abuse-in-govt-contract-program.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:06:30 EDT A retired Army lieutenant colonel pleaded guilty Tuesday to steering a Pentagon contract for warehouses in Iraq to a contractor in return for $4,000 cash and a $5,000 trip to Thailand. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/ex-colonel-pleads-guilty-to-helping-fix-iraq-contract.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:36:55 EDT The career path from the Pentagon to the nation's biggest defense contractors is a crowded one lined with potential conflicts of interest, a government watchdog said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/gao-tracks-crowded-path-between-dod-contractors.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 18:25:58 EDT The head of the agency that administers government contracts, who has been dogged by allegations of engaging in illegal political activities and doling out no-bid awards, resigned Tuesday evening. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/federal-governments-contracting-chief-resigns.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:26:34 EDT High-level contractors who work at the Army's Contracting Center for Excellence earn salaries almost 27 percent higher than their government peers, according to a report released Wednesday by the investigative arm of Congress. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/gao-army-contractors-risk-conflicts.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:09:28 EDT A former executive at a highway construction firm pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping to organize a scheme that prosecutors say improperly netted his company $121 million in federal highway contracts set aside for minority-owned firms. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080213/guilty-plea-in-minority-contract-case.htm Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:59:15 EST Lawmakers say they will push ahead with a presidential commission designed to root out waste and fraud in military contracts despite President Bush's concerns that it could usurp his authority. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080129/senators-to-press-for-war-contract-panel.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:17:20 EST