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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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Groundwater Violations
A Pennsylvania Court upheld a $3.3 million civil penalty against Westinghouse Electric Corp. for groundwater violations at the Adams County elevator plant. The majority of the penalty was assessed "for failure to notify DEP for years after more than a thousand releases of hazardous substances to the soil surrounding the Westinghouse plant; and for failure to take prompt remedial action to remove the contamination from the soil and otherwise protect the waters of the Commonwealth.”
- Misconduct Type
- Environment
- Enforcement Agency
- State/Local
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Judgment Against Defendant
- Date of Press Release
- 2/17/2000
