A report prepared in 2011 by Pentagon officials said the Department of Defense is spending billions of dollars buying products and services from companies that have records of defrauding the government on military contracts. (Photo by David B. Gleason, used under a Creative Commons license.)
Pentagon Paid Billions To Defense Firms That Previously Defrauded The Government -- Washington Examiner
Like a battered spouse in an abusive relationship, the Pentagon paid billions of dollars to companies even though the same companies were known to have defrauded the government in the past, according to a report compiled by Department of Defense officials.
But the Pentagon's ability to research sanctions levied by DOD offices against contractors, and to monitor sanctioned contractors as they merge, acquire new names and become new companies, is as piecemeal and filled with guesswork as that of anyone trying to do such research from the outside, with limited integrated systems and unique identifiers, the report said.
And the big ideas of a panel that the Pentagon assembled to address contracting fraud consisted largely of updating a handbook and producing a podcast about fraud's ill effects.
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My Comment: One more example that proves that crime pays.
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