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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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Violation of the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program (Hanford)
The Department of Energy fined Bechtel National $41,250 for laying off an employee who raised concerns in 2005 about the safety of the Hanford vitrification plant. The DOE Office of Enforcement later found that one of the employee’s concerns about the software that controls the plant was valid and issued a notice of violation to Bechtel about it in 2007 (see Bechtel instance, “Violations of Nuclear Safety Regulations (Hanford)”).
- Misconduct Type
- Labor
- Enforcement Agency
- Energy
- Contracting Party
- Energy
- Court Type
- Administrative
- Disposition
- Fine
- Date of PNOV
- 9/15/2008
| Further Information |
Released |
| PNOV |
10/31/2008 |
