Abramoff linked to troubled multibillion-$$$ Homeland Security contract

[kpete]

Abramoff and HLS contract

Raw Story has found that Unisys acquired the contract, said riddled with fraud, in a process that included backroom dealings and almost no competitive bidding, and former Abramoff associates say his lobbyists had a hand in the deal...read on
http://www.crooksandliars.com/


Abramoff, lobbyists linked to troubled multibillion-$$$ Homeland Security contract
John Byrne

It was supposed to be “the deal of the century.”

The Transportation Security Administration awarded a $1 billion contract to Unisys to devise a cutting-edge computer network linking hundreds of airports to the TSA’s state-of-the-art security centers. The contract was ideal, they argued, because if the company failed to meet its goals, Unisys would pay money back to the agency.

It didn’t turn out that way. In October, the Washington Post revealed the Pennsylvania-based information services company had overcharged the government for a whopping 117,000 hours -- billing $131 an hour for employees who were paid less than half that amount. Officials now see the project costing taxpayers as much as $3 billion.

Unisys’ prime lobbyists? A team from the Greenberg Traurig lawfirm led by Neil Volz, former chief of staff to Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) -- which included indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/New_questions_surround_multibilliondollar_Homeland_Security_1130.html

[indepat]

1. Looting: is that what almost every administration initiative is all about?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Just keeps on getting better and better

[afdip]

3. ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching . . . and the hits just keep on coming.

before it's over, abramoff will try to save himself and roll over on everyone . . . then we'll see where all the skeletons are buried or hidden. then we will celebrate.

[peacebird]

4. when it rains, it pours for these guys.....!

Libby, Dukester, Abramoff, MZM, Delay.... buying "positive" press in Iraq, Al Jazeera....

The hits just keep on a coming, fast and furious!