Archive: May 25, 2008 - May 31, 2008
Livin' Large
It seems the contract managers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) like a good party. Who doesn't, right? Only they apparently took things a little too far, generally on the taxpayer's dime. In a new audit, the Department of Energy Inspector General's office found that the lab managers spent...
By Robert O'Harrow | May 30, 2008; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (4)
Earmarks and Lobbying
The Defense Contract Audit Agency has this friendly reminder: Contractors are not supposed to charge taxpayers for their efforts to lobby Congress for earmarks. You read that right. It seems that some contractors want to have their cake, the icing and the cherry on top too. That's according to...
By Robert O'Harrow | May 26, 2008; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (8)
