investigating government contractors by ron nixon
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Investigating Government
Contractors Ron Nixon, The New York Times
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Poll Question #1 Have you covered government
contractors before?
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Why Investigate Contractors?
● Governments spends billions each year on contractors.
● Contractors are taking on larger roles as government shrinks.
● They perform duties from buying guns and planes to analyzing intelligence (Edward Snowden) to delivering food and answering FOIA requests. Photo by abcnews.com
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Why Investigate Contractors? ● There have been a number of instances of waste,
fraud and abuse involving contractors. ● Contractors play a role in legislative and
regulatory policy.
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Spending on Contractors 2003-13
Source: usaspending.gov
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A few ideas for
stories on contractors
Photo by flickr user notfrancois
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Too Big to Ban http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/us/politics/18contractor.html?_r=0
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The Fourth Branch http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/washington/04contract.html?pagewanted=all
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Hedging their bets http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/middleeast/07sanctions.html?pagewanted=all
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Not So Small Biz http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E1DB1330F935A35754C0A9609C8B63
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Hitting the Lottery http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/business/07lotto.html?ref=jackpot
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Poll Question #2 How many companies hold contracts for state lotteries?
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Following the Rules http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/business/27sba.html?pagewanted
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Resources for covering government contractors
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Poll Question #3 Which of these resources have you explored or used in your
reporting?
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All The Government Contractors http://www.usaspending.gov/
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Your Turn Search for "Lockheed Martin" at
usaspending.gov
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The Contractor’s Data Contractor https://www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms/
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Poll Question #4 What government agency spends billions on contracting, but its contracts aren’t in
the contracts spending data? Hint: It’s not the CIA.
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FedBizOpps https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&tab=search
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Getting High/Low Grades? http://www.fapiis.gov/fapiis/index.jsp
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Contractors Behaving Badly? http://www.contractormisconduct.org/
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The Federal Register https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/06/21/2013-14610/federal-acquisition-regulation-
contractors-performing-private-security-functions-outside-the-united
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FAR cases http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/opencases/farcasenum/far.pdf
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Protesting Contracts http://www.gao.gov/legal/bids/bidprotest.html
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SBA Size Protest http://www.sba.gov/content/size-protests-size-determinations-and-appeals
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The Watchdogs http://www.gsaig.gov/?utm_source=OCM&utm_medium=print-
radio&utm_term=HP_09_Essnt_inspector&utm_campaign=shortcuts
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Say It Again, SAM! https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/?portal:componentId=1f834b82-3fed-4eb3-a1f8-
ea1f226a7955&portal:type=action&interactionstate=JBPNS_rO0ABXc0ABBfanNmQnJpZGdlVmlld0lkAAAAAQATL2pzZi9uYXZpZ2F0aW9uLmpzcAAHX19FT0ZfXw**
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From Government Employee to Contractors
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08485.pdf
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From Employee to Contractors, continued
http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/resource_library/fyi_pge.pdf
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Government vs. Private http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40641.pdf
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The Rulemakers http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement_far_council
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The Regulators http://docketwrench.sunlightfoundation.com/
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Questions? Ron Nixon The New York Times Washington bureau [email protected] @nixonron