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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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Niantic River Bridge Contract Overbilling
URS Corporation AES entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government in which it agreed to pay $580,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations. The government alleged that URS overbilled employee labor rates on the Niantic River rail bridge reconstruction project contract. (Amtrak [a/k/a the National Railroad Passenger Corporation] awarded the bridge reconstruction contract in 2007 to Washington Group International, which was acquired by URS in 2008.)
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Amtrak
- Contracting Party
- Amtrak
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement Announcement
- 3/2/2016
