The Project on Government Oversight investigates government corruption on several areas, one of which is government contracts. For other investigations, click on The Project On Government Oversight (POGO). Following are the most recent government contract investigations:
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Jeremy Scahill in The Nation in May 2009 mentioned the following:
To read the entire article, click on KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers.
Jeremy Scahill in The Nation in October 2009 mentioned the following:
To read the entire article, click on The ACORN Standard.
The list of the top contractors referred to in the article is from Project on Government Oversight. For example, the top 5 government contractors in 2007 were Lockheed Martin, Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and Raytheon Company. $104 billion in federal contracts in 2007 and $3.3 billion in misconduct fees since 1995. To view the entire list, click on Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
Sharona Coutts in Propublica in December 2009 reported the following:
To read the entire article, click on Prominent Political Fundraiser Pleads Guilty in N.Y. Pension Scandal.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington creates an annual Top 10 Ethics Scandals. The top 10 for 2008 follows:
To read the entire report, click on CREW Releases List of Top Ten Ethics Scandals of 2008.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington creates an annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress. The 2008 list included:
To read the entire report, click on Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and four to watch). To read previous years reports, click on CREW’s Most Corrupt Members of Congress.
PACs are Political Action Committees. According to Propublica, leadership PAC’s are the 2nd largest source of money for congressmen. In 2008, less than half of leadership PAC money was spent on campaigns. Propublica has a database of every PAC expenditure. To read the article and review the database, click on Find Your Congressmember’s Leadership PAC.
The Reporters Without Borders website has a freedom of the press ranking. The “index measures the state of press freedom in the world. It reflects the degree of freedom that journalists and news organisations enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for this freedom.” Some of the rankings are as follows (the higher the ranking, the more press freedom):
To read the entire report, click on Only peace protects freedoms in post-9/11 world, and to read the entire ranking index, click on World Press Freedom Index 2008 – The rankings.
NewsHour in March 2003 reported that the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Exchange banned Al Jazeera, an Arab network, from broadcasting from the trading room floor. The two Al Jazeera reporters had covered the NYSE for years and were asked to stop because the NYSE wants to allow access to media outlets that provide “responsible business coverage.” To read the entire article, click on Al Jazeera Banned from Two Wall Street Exchanges.
The website Banned Books has a list of books and authors banned in the U.S. Click on Books & Authors for the list.
The American Library Association has a list of the 100 most frequently challenged books between 1990-2000. When a book is challenged, some entity/individual is attempting to ban the book. Some of the books on the list include:
To read the entire list, click on The 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000.
Joshua Rhett Miller in FOX News in March 2009 reported the following:
To read the entire article, click on ‘Fusion Centers’ Expand Criteria to Identify Militia Members.