Archive: qui tam
Justice Department Recovers $1.3B in Contracting Fraud
The Justice Department recovered $1.34 billion in contracting fraud cases in fiscal 2008. That brings to $21 billion the amount of money the government has collected through civil fraud suits since the federal False Claims Act was strengthened in 1986, according to a DOJ statement. "'Now, more than ever, it...
By Robert O'Harrow | November 20, 2008; 06:50 AM ET | Comments (6)
Blowing The Whistle
The Senate has approved an expansion of whistleblower protections that would cover any employees working on Pentagon-related projects. The move Monday was an acknowledgement of a massive growth in procurement spending by the federal government in recent years -- a doubling to more than $400 billion since 2000 --...
By Robert O'Harrow | September 20, 2007; 07:07 AM ET | Comments (8)
Whistleblower Data Under Seal
One of the federal government's data mining contractors has gotten sideways with the Justice Department in a way that companies fear and loathe -- allegations by a whistleblower. Teradata Data Warehousing, which helps customers "reveal patterns within large volumes of data," is poised for a spinoff from parent NCR....
By Robert O'Harrow | August 14, 2007; 04:51 AM ET | Comments (6)
