Two DoD contracting issues coincide

June 8, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, IT, U.S. Air Force 

This article describes efforts by the US Justice Department to investigate a non-profit charity somehow hired by the US military to do intelligence work. In a somewhat related issue it happens to be in Johnstown, PA home of many companies the creation of Congressman John Murtha (D-PA) purely used to shovel US tax dollars into the local economy. The company became noticed when it hired a gentlemen waiting to start his political appointee job in the Air Force and paid him $26 K even though he admitted doing no work for them, or anybody else for that matter. Mr. Murtha has created a network of different companies that he just earmarks funds for. A non-profit company also has the ability to be preferred for US contracts. Somehow Mr. Murtha knows all this, but contracting officers and DCMA don’t.

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John Murtha pork creation wins Army contract

April 9, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Concurrent Technologies, Contract Awards 

The Concurrent Technologies Group, a company created by John Murth (D-PA) through earmarks to help Johnstown, PA was one of the eight contractors qualified under a new US Army intelligence support contract. The local story is here. This is a large $1 B contract in total, but it probably is one where no qualified team is guaranteed work, but can apply for the various tasks as they come up. Mr. Murtha, as recently profiled on CBS News, rains earmarks on the Johnstown, PA area and CTG is the largest beneficiary of this. That does not mean they cannot do the work required in this case, but many times the earmarks are for things the Services did not request or desire.

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