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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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Failure to Test Equipment
“Textron Inc. will pay the United States $100,000 to settle allegations it failed to properly test locknuts it manufactured for military aircraft… Textron said its Cherry Division facility in Santa Ana, California, failed to properly perform stress embrittlement tests on certain flyweight nuts and that only samples of 12-point nuts were inspected by dye penetrant and/or magnetic particle methods although the contract required that all nuts be inspected by those methods. In some instances, inspection documents were fabricated to avoid detection.”
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Defense – General
- Contracting Party
- Defense - General
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement
- 5/12/1995