use Anti-ACORN bill against defense co's >>2 DAYS left to HELP Grayson (D-FL) IDENTIFY companies!!

[nashville_brook]

Help Rep. Grayson Find Fraud -- use anti-ACORN law against fraudulent defense contractors!!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC1WUm40dWk4YnJNQl9sNWR6aHRybnc6MA

The House of Representatives just passed a law to prohibit Federal funds from going to organizations that commit fraud against the government, in the form of Section 2 of the 'Defund ACORN Act' (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3571/text). Congress has five days to put down a legislative history around this bill to help judges and lawyers interpret the law. This gives us an opportunity to make an impact with a deadline of this Friday (9/25 -- DO THIS NOW!!).

You see, regardless of what you think of ACORN, it is laudable to stop taxpayer money from going to organizations that commit fraud against the government. So as per the bill's text, I'm going to put into the Congressional record a list of organizations who have committed fraud against the government or employs anyone who has.

Now, I'm just one person, and I can't possibly find and list all of the organizations that fit this bill. So I need your help. Please nominate organizations and show me that they need to be in the record. To help, send me the name of the organization and proof in the form of a link to evidence that this organization should be in the Congressional record. I will also need your email address so I can follow-up with you if necessary. The proof you send needs to be easily verifiable, as in credible media reports, legal documents, government data, or otherwise.

An example might work as follows. Let's say that you were nominating 'Blackwater,' the controversial mercenary outfit which showed fraud in its contracts for Iraq in 2005. You could include a link like this one: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004964.php.

This link is to a credible news organization which sources its information with easily verifiable documents. You could also link directly to source documents: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/state-blackwater-audit/?resultpage=7&

You can see the current unverified list here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t-VRn4ui8brMB_l5dzhtrnw&output=html

To nominate an organization, please fill follow this link to fill out Grayson's handy online form!!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC1WUm40dWk4YnJNQl9sNWR6aHRybnc6MA

[nashville_brook]

1. here's the unverified list so far:

9/21/2009 16:58:15 Any of the major defense contractors that are abusing the tax system and/or refusing to pay their taxes and yet are still getting defense contracts:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0495.pdf
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0204/021204c1.htm http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0204/021204c1.htm
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9/22/2009 14:05:57 Blackwater http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004964.php
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9/22/2009 15:05:18 Blackwater Worldwide
Xe Services, LLC and all affiliates http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Blackwater/story?id=7851018&page=1
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9/22/2009 15:06:53 ACORN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/illegal_no_problem_n4T60xZM5cjfyjuLDSyYOM
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9/22/2009 15:11:55 Blackwater Worldwide Xe Services, LLC and all affiliates http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Blackwater/story?id=7851018&page=1
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9/22/2009 15:39:01 Lockheed Martin http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=38&ranking=1
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9/22/2009 15:46:21 Boeing Company http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=13&ranking=2
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9/22/2009 15:47:31 Northrop Grumman http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=42&ranking=3
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9/22/2009 15:47:38 General Electric http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080401258.html
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9/22/2009 15:48:20 General Dynamics http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=26&ranking=4
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9/22/2009 15:48:54 Raytheon Company http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=46&ranking=5
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9/22/2009 15:49:53 BAE Systems http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=9&ranking=6
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9/22/2009 15:50:35 L-3 Communications http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=37&ranking=7
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9/22/2009 15:51:21 United Technologies Corporation http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=53&ranking=8
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9/22/2009 15:51:52 SAIC http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=47&ranking=9
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9/22/2009 15:52:58 KBR http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=29&ranking=10
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9/22/2009 15:53:30 McKesson http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=39&ranking=11
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9/22/2009 15:54:01 Computer Sciences Corporation http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=20&ranking=12\
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9/22/2009 15:55:06 Bank of America http://losangeles.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2009/09/21/daily5.html
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9/22/2009 15:55:50 here's a giant list, on this website: http://www.contractormisconduct.org/ each company has link
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9/22/2009 15:57:00 Textron, Inc. http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=48&ranking=15
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9/22/2009 15:59:56 General Electric -- multiple examples of defrauding the Pentagon found at http://www.corpwatch.org/section.php?id=16 www.corpwatch.org/section.php?id=16
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9/22/2009 16:00:10 General Electric http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=27&ranking=17
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9/22/2009 16:05:25 URS Corporation http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=55&ranking=21
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9/22/2009 16:06:38 Health Net, Inc http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=67&ranking=25
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9/22/2009 16:08:18 Royal Dutch Shell PLC http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=71&ranking=27
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9/22/2009 16:08:58 IBM Corporation http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=32&ranking=38
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9/22/2009 16:09:29 Fluor Corporation http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=25&ranking=40
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9/22/2009 16:10:32 Merck & Co., Inc http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=139&ranking=42
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9/22/2009 16:11:56 Kellogg, Brown, & Root, defense contractor

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082201435.html
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9/22/2009 16:14:18 Dell, Inc. http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=21&ranking=50
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9/22/2009 16:15:30 I'm not nominating KBR (I'm sure others already have) but the link I've provided shows a very serious problem with how the executive branch handles fraud committed by big contractors. http://www.federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3971587
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9/22/2009 16:15:37 The Salvation Army
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20081119_14_A15_Aforme554068
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9/22/2009 16:18:00 Sanofi-Aventis http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=142&ranking=63
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9/22/2009 16:18:31 Banking industry, Federal Reserve, FDIC

http://market-ticker.org/archives/1456-CORRUPTION-Reverse-Insurance!-FDIC.html
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9/22/2009 16:18:53 Boeing http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/09/04/boeing-in-trouble-again-for-contract-fraud.aspx
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9/22/2009 16:20:31 KBR (f/k/a/ Kellogg, Brown & Root) (formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton) http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/November/06_civ_797.html
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9/22/2009 16:20:55 General Electric http://www.corpwatch.org/section.php?id=16
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9/22/2009 16:20:58 Halliburton http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/06/business/suit-accuses-halliburton-of-fraud-in-accounting.html
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9/22/2009 16:21:46 GlaxoSmithKline http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=138&ranking=70
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9/22/2009 16:23:04 Just about any major bank, financial institution or insurance company. http://graham.main.nc.us/~bhammel/ins.html
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9/22/2009 16:23:05 Tenet Healthcare Corporation
St. Barnabas Health Care System
Serone, S.A. (a Swiss pharmaceutical company)
Schering-Plough Corporation
King Pharmaceuticals
Eli Lilly
Glaxo SmithKline http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/hcfac/hcfacreport2006.pdf
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9/22/2009 16:23:42 Johns Hopkins University http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=34&ranking=81
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9/22/2009 16:23:48 MERS: From their own site:

MERS was created by the mortgage banking industry to streamline the mortgage process by using electronic commerce to eliminate paper. Our mission is to register every mortgage loan in the United States on the MERS® System.

Beneficiaries of MERS include mortgage originators, servicers, warehouse lenders, wholesale lenders, retail lenders, document custodians, settlement agents, title companies, insurers, investors, county recorders and consumers.

MERS acts as nominee in the county land records for the lender and servicer. Any loan registered on the MERS® System is inoculated against future assignments because MERS remains the nominal mortgagee no matter how many times servicing is traded. MERS as original mortgagee (MOM) is approved by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, FHA and VA, California and Utah Housing Finance Agencies, as well as all of the major Wall Street rating agencies.

Not sure if they have directly received taxpayer money, but they certainly received it through FHA, HUD, Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie. In addition, they've certainly received it through the bank bailouts. http://market-ticker.org/archives/1454-Has-A-MERShole-Opened-Up.html
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9/22/2009 16:24:11 Wellpoint was accused of falsifying data about its performance of cost report audits for Medicare, according to the Justice Department.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/30/business/company-news-wellpoint-pays-9.25-million-in-medicare-fraud-case.html
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9/22/2009 16:24:33 Hospital Corporation of America - we should stop all medicare and medicaid payments to this fraudulent group! Largest fraud ever... http://www.laweekly.com/2003-01-16/news/the-bad-doctor
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9/22/2009 16:24:57 KBR and Haliburton http://dpc.senate.gov/dpchearing.cfm?h=hearing48
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9/22/2009 16:28:37 AT&T Inc. http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=172&ranking=95
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9/22/2009 16:29:37 Have you seen the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database?
There are too many to list, so the website is here:
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/
It is part of POGO, or the Project on Government Oversight.

I'll try to add the first page of the report: Happy browsing

Top 100 Contractors
Contractor Federal Contract $

(FY2007) Instances of Misconduct

(Since 1995) Misconduct $

(Since 1995)
1. Lockheed Martin $34234.9m 50 $ 577.2m
2. Boeing Company $24304.9m 31 $1561.4m
3. Northrop Grumman $18506.5m 27 $ 790.4m
4. General Dynamics $14687.7m 9 $ 63.2m
5. Raytheon Company $12233.2m 17 $ 475.8m
6. BAE Systems $10119.2m 3 $ 1.3m
7. L-3 Communications $6802.2m 5 $ 41.3m
8. United Technologies Corporation $5874.1m 13 $ 383.0m
9. SAIC $5230.9m 10 $ 14.5m
10. KBR $4872.5m 18 $ 103.0m
11. McKesson $4686.8m 8 $1356.7m
12. Computer Sciences Corporation $4017.4m 5 $ 43.0m
13. Humana $3403.1m 10 $ 129.7m
14. MacAndrews AMG Holdings $3361.7m 0 $ 0.0m
15. Textron, Inc. $3110.8m 9 $ 22.3m
16. Hewlett-Packard Company $2851.3m 4 $ 204.8m
17. General Electric $2824.3m 32 $ 37.4m
18. Government of the United States $2821.6m 0 $ 0.0m
19. Honeywell International Inc. $2602.9m 30 $ 641.2m
20. ITT Industries $2599.2m 6 $ 109.7m
21. URS Corporation $2443.8m 3 $ 0.6m
22. Bechtel Corporation $2436.6m 15 $ 359.6m
23. Booz Allen Hamilton $2386.1m 1 $ 3.4m
24. Oshkosh Truck Corporation $2357.6m 0 $ 0.0m
25. Health Net, Inc. $2259.7m 16 $ 687.1m
26. University of California $2201.8m 25 $ 69.3m
27. Royal Dutch Shell PLC $2118.4m 20 $1101.6m
28. Triwest Healthcare Alliance Company $2110.8m 0 $ 0.0m
29. Los Alamos National Security LLC $2038.0m 0 $ 0.0m
30. Harris Corporation $1957.0m 3 $ 1.6m
31. Bell Boeing Joint Program $1901.5m 0 $ 0.0m
32. DRS Technologies, Inc. $1891.7m 2 $ 10.0m
33. Agility (f/k/a PWC Logistics) $1869.9m 0 $ 0.0m
34. United Space Alliance $1822.9m 1 $ 0.0m
35. Alliant Techsystems Inc. $1791.8m 2 $ 8.3m
36. Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC $1605.1m 2 $ 0.4m
37. DynCorp International Inc. $1590.3m 4 $ 0.8m
38. IBM Corporation $1552.9m 10 $ 823.6m
39. CACI International, Inc. $1532.4m 1 $ 0.0m
40. Fluor Corporation $1530.3m 22 $ 186.4m
41. AmerisourceBergen $1513.7m 8 $ 36.1m
42. Merck & Co., Inc. $1418.0m 10 $5834.7m
43. FedEx Corporation $1406.4m 18 $ 120.2m
44. Westinghouse Electric Corp. $1371.4m 4 $ 3.9m
45. CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd. $1347.3m 6 $ 2.8m
46. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. $1230.1m 2 $ 37.5m
47. UT-Battelle LLC $1217.1m 3 $ 0.3m
48. Rockwell Collins $1193.5m 0 $ 0.0m
49. Navistar Defense LLC $1166.8m 1 $ 0.0m
50. Dell, Inc. $1144.0m 9 $ 8.6m
51. Force Protection, Inc. $1139.6m 1 $ 1.9m
52. EDO Corporation $1116.9m 0 $ 0.0m
53. Evergreen International Airlines $1105.6m 2 $ 1.1m
54. Cardinal Health, Inc. $1087.1m 3 $ 635.0m
55. Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. $1043.0m 2 $ 0.2m
56. Valero Energy Corp. $1027.3m 21 $ 280.5m
57. Exxon Mobil $1020.9m 39 $2309.6m
58. MITRE Corporation $ 973.3m 0 $ 0.0m
59. General Atomics $ 972.8m 0 $ 0.0m
60. BP P.L.C. $ 964.3m 27 $1306.7m
61. SRA International, Inc. $ 820.7m 1 $ 0.0m
62. McDermott/Bechtel Group $ 820.1m 0 $ 0.0m
63. Sanofi-Aventis $ 813.1m 5 $ 289.9m
64. Unisys Corporation $ 812.2m 5 $ 3.9m
65. VSE Corporation $ 740.8m 1 $ 0.0m
66. Tetra Tech, Inc. $ 739.4m 0 $ 0.0m
67. Small Business Consolid. Reporting $ 728.2m 0 $ 0.0m
68. Accenture $ 686.5m 5 $ 13.9m
69. Government of Canada (CCC) $ 680.6m 1 $ 6.0m
70. GlaxoSmithKline $ 680.0m 16 $4280.7m
71. Shaw Group $ 679.9m 3 $ 12.9m
72. University of Chicago $ 672.3m 4 $ 22.7m
73. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology $ 669.2m 6 $ 6.6m
74. Aerospace Corporation $ 659.8m 0 $ 0.0m
75. Battelle Memorial Institute $ 656.2m 2 $ 0.6m
76. AECOM Technology Corporation $ 642.4m 0 $ 0.0m
77. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory $ 638.3m 0 $ 0.0m
78. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. $ 633.9m 0 $ 0.0m
79. Research Triangle Institute, Inc. $ 624.7m 0 $ 0.0m
80. SK Holdings Co., Ltd. $ 623.3m 0 $ 0.0m
81. Johns Hopkins University $ 623.3m 4 $ 4.6m
82. Rolls-Royce PLC $ 612.7m 0 $ 0.0m
83. Institute for Defense Analyses $ 610.3m 0 $ 0.0m
84. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation $ 602.4m 0 $ 0.0m
85. International Oil Trading Company $ 601.3m 0 $ 0.0m
86. QinetiQ North America Operations $ 588.2m 0 $ 0.0m
87. B.L. Harbert Holdings, LLC $ 577.7m 0 $ 0.0m
88. ManTech International Corp. $ 571.9m 0 $ 0.0m
89. Integrated Coast Guard Systems $ 567.5m 0 $ 0.0m
90. Afognak Native Corporation $ 558.6m 0 $ 0.0m
91. BearingPoint Inc. $ 552.5m 6 $ 135.7m
92. Management & Training Corp. $ 550.4m 8 $ 9.1m
93. Chugach Alaska Corporation $ 546.7m 1 $ 0.0m
94. Wyeth $ 535.5m 5 $ 116.7m
95. AT&T Inc. $ 531.1m 7 $ 15.3m
96. ARINC $ 529.2m 1 $ 1.1m
97. Corrections Corporation of America $ 521.3m 5 $ 59.5m
98. Daimler AG $ 517.5m 9 $ 443.2m
99. General Motors Corp. $ 517.2m 12 $ 313.7m
100. AP Moller-Maersk A/S $ 517.1m 1 $ 3.0m
Total $257257.3m 678 $26126.8m
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Better Business Bureau Searchable Database
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://search.bbb.org/searchform.aspx
Center for Public Integrity's "Power Trips" Database - Congressional Travel Disclosures
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.publicintegrity.org/powertrips/search.aspx
Center for Public Integrity's "Pentagon Travel" Database - DoD Trips Paid for By Outside Interests
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/pentagon_travel/
Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org) - Revolving Door Database
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/
National Institute on Money in State Politics - Political Donations in the States
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.followthemoney.org/index.phtml
Sunlight Foundation's List of Useful Government Transparency Websites
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/resources
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) - federal regulatory and enforcement bulletins
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://docs.law.gwu.edu/asbca/
Bureau of Industry and Security Denied Persons List
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.bis.doc.gov/dpl/thedeniallist.asp
California Reporting Government Transparency
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.reportingtransparency.ca.gov/
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.cbca.gsa.gov/
Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.dcaa.mil/
Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.dcma.mil/
Excluded Party List System (EPLS) - listing of suspended or debarred contractors
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.epls.gov/
Federal Election Commission Campaign Finance Disclosures
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/srssea.shtml
Federal Inspectors General
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.ignet.gov/igs/homepage1.html
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.gao.gov/
HHS - OIG Fraud Prevention and Detection Enforcement Actions
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcementactions.html
National Labor Relations Board Decisions
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.nlrb.gov/research/decisions/
Office of Public Records Lobby Filing Disclosures
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://sopr.senate.gov/
OSHA Accident Investigation Search
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/accidentsearch.html
SEC Enforcement Actions
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/enforceactions.shtml
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.sigir.mil/
State Department Consent Agreements
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/compliance/consent_agreements.html
State Department Debarred List
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/compliance/debar_intro.html
United States Court of Federal Claims
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/
VENDEX New York City Vendor Search
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://www.nyc.gov/html/vendorsearch/home.html
World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/4,61,225?gourl=http://tinyurl.com/9pkne
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9/22/2009 16:30:11 BANK OF AMERICA (and it makes me SICK to type their name). There are so many bits of evidence all around the Internet, I'm not sure I can do this justice.

Lending unsecured funds they received in the form of bailout money to TERRORISTS!

http://market-ticker.org/archives/1449-Corruption-Banks-Lending-UNSECURED-To-Terrorists.html

Lying to shareholders regarding the merger with Merrill Lynch, INCLUDING under oath to Congress. Why they did not receive an immediate Congressional subpoena, I'll never understand.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14567182/Bank-of-AmericaMerrill-Lynch-Merger-Investigation-Exhibit-C http://market-ticker.org/archives/1449-Corruption-Banks-Lending-UNSECURED-To-Terrorists.html
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9/22/2009 16:31:00 AT&T Corporation. False claims involving the E-Rate Program. http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,222,html?CaseID=1070
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9/22/2009 16:31:38 Wells Fargo and Washington Mutual (for the same reasons - see link):

http://market-ticker.org/archives/1445-WaMu-Part-II-Wells-Fargo.html
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9/22/2009 16:32:54 The Boeing Co. - Original AF Tanker replacement contract fraud which put Boeing executive Mike Sears and Senior AF Senior Procurement Officer in jail.
Ref: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/212832_boeing19.html Conviction of CFO
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9/22/2009 16:33:07 Private insurance companies that contract to process Medicare claims. I will send as many as I find given the federal subsidies to be awarded to private health insurance companies as part of health care reform. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Private-Insurers-Breed-Med-by-Roger-Shuler-090827-818.html
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9/22/2009 16:33:50 Monsanto

Link #1: http://survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/monsantos-pr-campaign-of-scams-fraud-and-false-claims/

Link #2: http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUKN1843575620090818 http://www.organicconsumers.org/dioxcov.html
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9/22/2009 16:34:23 Ben Bernanke, The Federal Reserve

Admittedly, they don't directly get 'taxpayer funding' in the traditional sense, but there is no larger institution that has influence over US taxpayer money; so, I'm including them. There is no bigger threat, no bigger risk to the solvency and sovereignty of the USA than the Federal Reserve. http://market-ticker.org/archives/1457-So-What-About-Credit-Risk,-Bernanke.html
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9/22/2009 16:37:33 Hank Paulson.

No further evidence than this 6-minute clip is necessary. While the US Treasury Secretary is not a 'recipient' of taxpayer dollars in the traditional sense, he did receive, and still does receive money from the US taxpayer. http://market-ticker.org/archives/1392-Congress-Where-Are-The-Subpoenas.html
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9/22/2009 16:39:00 More evidence against the Federal Reserve and the FDIC: http://market-ticker.org/archives/1386-The-Real-Issue-Behind-Fed-Secrecy-Lying.html
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9/22/2009 16:39:50 Pfizer http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/September/09-aag-900.html
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9/22/2009 16:40:44 Archer Daniels Midland Co.

[Wizard777]

3. Don't forget Microsoft and antitrust. The government can go back to paper files.

:wow: :rofl:

[nashville_brook]

4. or switch to mac, or open source.

[Wizard777]

6. I can hardly wait to see the Mac Commercial if that happens.

I'm Uncle Sam. {pulling down fake beard} It's really me Mac.

We used to be to be Uncle Sam. Now we're just Uncle PC and all we have is Porn.

[nashville_brook]

12. blahahahahhaa! it'd have to be the regular mac guy wearing the beard in jeans and a tshirt -- :)

[Wizard777]

15. With a stars and stripes hat and Uncle Sam beard . Works for me.

[lamp_shade]

8. HOLY MOSES!! K&R

[nashville_brook]

11. Grayson's expertise is fraud in military spending. he's one amazing Dem!

[Wizard777]

16. Oh yeah, that destruction of property thing. He's out too!

:rofl:

[mzmolly]

2. What about companies that benefit from corporate welfare?

:shrug:

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12928

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/53177/wal-mart:_the_ultimate_corporate_welfare_queen/

[DCKit]

5. Fifteen lousy recs? C'mon!

Helluva Job Nashville Brook. Quite the impressive list, even it you only "found" it.

[Wilms]

7. k&r n/t

[nashville_brook]

9. morning kick for our chance to be heard

[nashville_brook]

10. Don't miss Grayson on SalonRadio -- only 10 minutes -- discusses Bill of Attainder angle

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/radio/2009/09/23/grayson/index.html

The irony of all of this is that the Congress is attempting to accomplish an unconstitutional act: singling out and punishing ACORN, which is clearly a "bill of attainder" that the Constitution explicitly prohibits -- i.e., an act aimed at punishing a single party without a trial. The only way to overcome that problem is by pretending that the de-funding of ACORN is really about a general policy judgment (that no corrupt organizations should receive federal funding). But the broader they make the law in order to avoid the Constitutional problem, the more it encompasses the large corrupt corporations that own the Congress (and whom they obviously don't want to de-fund). The narrower they make it in order to include only ACORN, the more blatantly unconstitutional it is. Now that they have embraced this general principle that no corrupt organizations should receive federal funding, how is anyone going to justify applying that only to ACORN while continuing to fund the corporations whose fraud and corruption is vastly greater (not to mention established by actual courts of law)?

[nashville_brook]

13. afternoon kick

[Turborama]

14. K&R Grayson is in this excellent documentary: "Daylight Robbery - What Happened to the $23billion?"

Daylight Robbery - What Happened to the $23billion?
Panorama investigates claims that as much as $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in Iraq.

When the US goes to war, corporate America goes too.

There are contracts for caterers, tanker drivers, security guards and even interrogators, many of them through companies with links to the White House.

Now more than 70 whistleblower cases threaten to reveal the scandals behind billions of dollars worth of waste, theft and corruption during the Iraq war.

Gagging orders

A total of $23bn (£11.75bn) is under scrutiny.

The US justice department has imposed gagging orders which prevent the real scale of the problem emerging.

But Panorama's Jane Corbin has spoken to some of those involved - with astonishing stories to tell of who got rich and who got burned.

She hears allegations of mismanagement, fraud and waste; tales of contractors chosen for their US government connections without a competitive bidding process; contractors inflating their costs and double counting to increase their profits and billions supposed to be used to rebuild the Iraqi military allegedly ending up in the pockets of some Iraqi government officials.

Even the contract to oversee the expenditure went to a company with no relevant qualification in accounting.

"They are the quintessential war profiteers," said a witness to one of the most notorious companies involved. "They made money out of chaos."

9 minute clip with Grayson's interview: http://www.graysonforcongress.com/videoclip.asp?FileId=55

Full documentary: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=789547337385191959

[Trillo]

17. According to Commondreams.org

The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to "any organization" that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/23-0

It doesn't seem to say it's limited only to defense contractors, though they're included. What about Big Pharma?

Pfizer Pleads Guilty to a Felony, Will Pay $2.3 Billion to Settle Fraud Charges
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Pfizer has agreed to plead guilty to a felony violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for misbranding Bextra with the intent to defraud or mislead. Bextra is an anti-inflammatory drug that Pfizer pulled from the market in 2005. Under the provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, a company must specify the intended uses of a product in its new drug application to FDA.
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[Hansel]

18. In which court of law did they prove ACORN committed fraud

against the government?

This seems to be an extra bonus since we don't even have to prove they committed fraud. We can just claim it. Add anyone you like to the list.