False Claims
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Reston, Virginia-based defense contractor, has paid $5,982,865 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in an Army contract.
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Man Accused of Sharing US Medical Research Secrets With Chinese Military
A Chinese medical researcher accused of sharing secrets with the Chinese military on a U.S. government-funded laboratory project in San Francisco was arrested in Los Angeles this week and charged with lying on his visa application.
Read moreSuicide Bombing
A federal court in South Carolina denied a military contractor’s motion to dismiss a negligence claim related to a suicide bombing in Afghanistan that injured a U.S. Army soldier. The soldier claims the contractor allowed the bomber to acquire most of the components necessary for the construction of a suicide vest and allowed him the freedom of movement to complete its construction at the base.
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$1.3 Billion Contract for Border Wall Awarded
A North Dakota construction company favored by President Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Iraq War Contractor Lands $40M Deal to Build Covid-19 Field Hospital
A defense company that bungled an enormous Iraq War contract for health care centers has landed a $40 million award to build a 200-bed field hospital for patients battling coronavirus.
Read moreJudge Sides With Amazon, Orders Pentagon to Halt Work on JEDI
A federal judge approved late Friday Amazon’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt Microsoft’s work on the Defense Department’s $10 billion computer upgrade contract, finding that the Pentagon incorrectly evaluated pricing from the two companies’ competing bids.
Read moreLabor in Detention
A class action suit claiming that the operator of an immigration detention facility’s voluntary labor scheme violated the forced labor prohibition in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act may continue, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, finding that the act applies to “private for-profit contractors operating federal immigration detention facilities.”
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US Judge Dismisses Huawei Lawsuit Over Contracts Ban
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed Chinese tech giant Huawei’s lawsuit challenging a U.S. law that bars the government and its contractors from using Huawei equipment due to security concerns.
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Trump Waives Contracting Laws for Border Wall
The Trump administration said Tuesday it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed up construction of a wall at the Mexican border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a campaign promise in an election year but sparking criticism about fraud, waste and abuse.
Read moreTelecoms
A federal court in Texas ruled in favor of the U.S. government on Chinese telecommunications company Huawei’s constitutional challenge to a law that excludes its and another Chinese company’s products and services from “sensitive United States systems, including government systems and government contractors,” because of security concerns.
Read moreSoleimani Assassination
Kevin Cloyd, a civilian assistant fire chief at a U.S. military base in Iraq, sued KBR for $10 million, claiming he suffered brain injuries in Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack after KBR “ignore(d) the unambiguous threats of retaliation” and “failed to evacuate its workers after the United States assassinated Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Harris County Court.
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First Openly Gay Federal Judge Dies in New York
Deborah A. Batts, the nation’s first openly gay federal judge, has died. She was 72.
Read moreDefense Contractor Fights Wrongful Firing Claims at 10th Circuit
A military contractor argued before the 10th Circuit that two former workers weren’t forced out, they were laid off, and therefore misrepresented their case to the jury that awarded them $1.54 million.
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US Delivers Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
The United States carried out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria targeting an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed a U.S. military contractor, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday.
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Northrop Grumman claims the United States owes it $7 million in pension-related costs, in the Court of Federal Claims.
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US Awards Immigration Detention Contracts in California
The Trump administration awarded billions of dollars in contracts for private companies to operate immigration detention centers in California – less than two weeks before a new state law takes effect to prohibit them.
Read morePentagon Probing $400M Border Wall Contract
The Defense Department’s internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job, and whom President Trump touted to the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security.
Read moreCalifornia Judge Orders Labor Department to Release Diversity Data Reports
The Department of Labor cannot withhold reports from a journalist with the Center for Investigative Reporting on the race and gender makeup of companies that contract with the federal government, a federal judge in California ruled Tuesday.
Read moreAmazon Tells Court Trump Is to Blame for Pentagon Snub
A month after Microsoft scored a $10 billion Pentagon contract, Amazon is contesting the award in court, saying President Donald Trump illegally steered the contract to hurt Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
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