More than Thunderbirds
Hal Hornburg and Gregory Ihde.IG finds more dubious contracts at NellisBy Erik Holmes - Staff report
Posted : Friday Apr 25, 2008 18:36:06 EDT
The same investigation that revealed Air Force officials steered a $50 million Thunderbirds multimedia production contract to a well-connected company discovered other questionable deals by the 99th Contracting Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
The Defense Department inspector general’s nearly two-year investigation turned up evidence, including statements by squadron members, that:
å Private firms performed work before contracts were awarded;
å Contracting personnel backdated documents; and
å Officials eliminated competition for a favored vendor by funneling money to it through a Native Alaskan corporation, according to the IG report released April 17.
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