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Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC

The lawsuit, filed by Richard Priem, a 16-year SAIC employee and Army veteran, alleged the company inflated contract costs by claiming the training program would be staffed by full-time SAIC employees. However, according to the lawsuit, SAIC instead used cheaper part-time employees and pocketed the difference.

Tags: DoJ , industry , False Claims Act , SAIC , Tim McCormack , Phillips & Cohen , In Depth , Francis Rose , Jack Moore

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 05:20am EDT

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Global defense contractor settles overbilling suit

Global defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to pay $11.75 million to settle a federal civil claim alleging it overbilled the government for homeland security training programs.

Tags: SAIC , Justice Department , Ken Gonzales , industry ,

Friday - 06/14/2013, 06:24am EDT

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NSA contract worker is surveillance source

Edward Snowden, a former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, revealed himself Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, risking prosecution by the U.S. government. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called the revelation of the intelligence-gathering programs as reckless and said it has done "huge, grave damage."

Tags: NSA , CIA , Edward Snowden , Booz Allen Hamilton , industry , cybersecurity , technology , PRISM , FBI , Justice Department , James Clapper

Monday - 06/10/2013, 12:52pm EDT

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NSA whistleblowers say agency casts wide net

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Sunday - 06/09/2013, 11:38am EDT

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Court ruling could tie OSC's hands when it comes whistleblowers

The Office of Special Counsel is "deeply concerned" about the implications of a federal court ruling that stripped low-level Defense Department employees of their ability to appeal suspensions and demotions outside the agency. OSC, which filed an amicus brief earlier this month with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, is worried the ruling could have a chilling effect on whistleblowers.

Tags: oversight , Workforce , MSPB , OSC , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp , Jack Moore

Tuesday - 03/26/2013, 07:17am EDT

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FBI arrests NASA contractor about to leave U.S. for China

Agents charged Bo Jiang, a contractor at the National Institute of Aerospace, with lying to federal investigators. Jiang was under investigation for possible violations of the Arms Control Act.

Tags: Bo Jiang , China , NASA , NIA , FBI , Arms Control Act , House , Michael OConnell

Tuesday - 03/19/2013, 10:08am EDT

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Whistleblowers allege wrongdoing at VA center

In the letter sent Monday to the White House and Congress, the Office of Special Counsel said an initial 2009 report by a whistleblower employee at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., alleged that the staff routinely failed to properly clean and sterilize reusable medical equipment such as scalpels and bone cutters.

Tags: Veterans Affairs , Office of Special Counsel , Eric Shinseki , Congress

Tuesday - 03/19/2013, 04:00am EDT

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