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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Balderrama v. Lockheed Martin (Retaliatory Firing)
Vincent Balderrama was fired by Lockheed Martin in November 2013 after complaining about a discriminatory performance review. Balderrama’s supervisor rated him among the bottom 10 percent of employees for 2012 even though he closed Lockheed’s only sale of helicopters to a foreign client during that year. He claimed the company took actions against him that were not taken against non-Hispanic employees. A Maryland jury awarded Balderrama $830,000 in damages.
- Misconduct Type
- Labor
- Enforcement Agency
- Non-Governmental
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Judgment Against Defendant
- Date of Verdict Announcement
- 3/13/2015
