We have been sold out!!! We have been had! We have been treated as stupid people! However, what WE do know is that our security at every level has been "flushed" down the toilet and we can NOW hold our ELECTIVE officials to the fire because THEY SOLD OUR SOUL, and they got millions in return!

Our time has come to get off that fence and stop watching the clouds float by! Start acting and get mad while your at it!

The Over site committee has posted on their web site the companies that have been Sold to our elective officials at our expense! Now this may be the short list, and there may be lots more...But its a start in knowing the ins and outs of this!

Happy readings!

You lap Tax paying stupid DOG!

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Security Guards for Army Installations

$480.0 million

In 2003, the Army awarded two sole-source contracts to acquire the bulk of its contract guards to Alutiiq Security and Technology and Chenega Integrated Systems, both 8(a) Alaska Native firms. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Army hired an inexperienced contractor to help refine the performance work statement, failed to monitor certain subcontracting limitations under 8(a) contracts, and turned to 8(a) sole-source contracts in a third acquisition phase despite having previously competed the contracts at a significant savings in cost. GAO also found that screening weaknesses resulted in applicants with criminal histories, including felons, being employed as guards.

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National Currency Exchange, Iraqi Banknote Exchange

$24.8 million

In 2003, Custer Battles, a U.S. firm with no previous security experience, was awarded a $16.8 million sole-source contract to provide security at Baghdad International Airport and a $21.3 million contract to provide security for the exchange of Iraqi currency. According to two former employees, Custer Battles engaged in a variety of fraudulent acts, including setting up shell subcontractors to charge inflated prices to the government and submitting fake invoices from sham subsidiary companies. In March 2006, a federal jury found that Custer Battles committed 37 separate acts of fraud under the currency security contract and ordered the company to pay over $10 million in penalties and refunds to the government. Claims relating to the airport security contract are still pending in federal court.

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Personal Security Detail for Senior Adviser to the Minister of Interior.

$3.6 million

According to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, the Joint Contracting Command – Iraq/Afghanistan failed to perform any property administration for this contract to provide personal security for the Senior Adviser to the Iraqi Minister of Interior.

Contract Information

Awarding Department(s): Department of Defense

Sub-department(s): JCC-IA

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Contractor: Not ReleasedDouble Cab Trucks for Maysan Police

187,500.00

According to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, the contracting officer paid the contractor a payment of $87,500 in advance of delivery of trucks for the Iraqi police, in contravention of the terms of the contract stating that payment was to be made after delivery. The Inspector General also found that the contracting official paid the remaining balance of the contract without documentation that the contractor had actually delivered the vehicles.

Contract Information

Awarding Department(s): Department of Defense

Sub-department(s): Coalition Provisional Authority

Contractor: Al-Mulla Group, Kuwait

Issue Area(s): Iraq

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Deepwater

$24.0 billion

In 2002, the Coast Guard began a $24 billion, multiyear acquisition program to replace or modernize its fleet of deep water boats and aircraft. The program relied on a single systems integrator, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, to oversee and implement the entire program. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) repeatedly has issued warnings that the program carries significant risks in the areas of program management, cost control, and contractor accountability. In particular, GAO warned that the system integrator arrangement “creates a potential risk that program decisions and products could be influenced by the financial interest of the contractor … which may not match the primary interest of the government.” In 2007, following highly publicized design and performance failures of two types of boats and a series of scathing Congressional hearings, the Coast Guard announced that they would restructure the contract to eliminate the systems integrator.

Issue Area(s): Iraq

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Contract Guard Program in the National Capital Region

$487.0 million

The Federal Protective Service (FPS) relies heavily on contract guards to protect the federal government’s buildings and property. According the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General, FPS has not effectively monitored the guard program in the National Capital Region. The Inspector General found that FPS was not deploying qualified and certified contract guards, and that security guards were not performing their duties in accordance with the terms of the contracts. The Inspector General also found that FPS paid over $1.2 million in interest payments to contractors for late payments between 2004 and 2005.

Contract Information

Awarding Department(s): Department of Homeland Security

Sub-department(s): Federal Protective Service

Contractor: Not Released

Issue Area(s): Homeland Security

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Trilogy

$537.0 million

In 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched Trilogy, a project to upgrade and modernize FBI’s IT systems. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), FBI’s inadequate management and oversight of Trilogy left the agency vulnerable to payments of unallowable and questionable contractor costs. GAO identified $10.1 million in questionable costs paid by FBI, including excessive airfare, incorrect billings, and overcharging of labor rates.

Contract Information

Awarding Department(s): Department of Justice

Sub-department(s): Federal Bureau of Investigation

Contractor: Computer Sciences Corp., Science Applications International Corp.

Issue Area(s): Homeland Security

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Security Installation at U.S. Embassies

$354.0 million

In 2003, the State Department awarded a sole-source contract to provide security services at U.S. embassies to EmbSec LLC, a joint venture of RDR, Inc., a former small business, and BP International, a small business at the time the contract was awarded. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the State Department relied on an improper waiver to award the contract without competition. GAO also found that the contracting officials have failed to adequately administer the contract and exercise appropriate oversight.

Contract Information

Awarding Department(s): Department of State

Sub-department(s): Bureau of Overseas Business Operations

Contractor: EmbSEC LLC (a joint venture of RDR, Inc. and BP International)

Issue Area(s): Other