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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
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histories of misconduct, including
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Mischarging of Labor Hours at LLNL
The University of California agreed to pay almost $3.9 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations involving charges for labor hours on energy research projects at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the 1990s. The government claimed that managers in the lab’s energy research arm had inappropriately charged $2.2 million in overhead expenses to research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The case began when former lab employee Michelle Doggett told supervisors and university investigators of improper charges being made to energy research accounts. Doggett later sued the University for whistleblower retaliation and reached an out-of-court settlement for nearly $1 million. See related University of California instance, “Whistleblower Retaliation at LLNL (Doggett).”
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Energy
- Contracting Party
- Energy
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Media Account
- 2/7/2004