Pentagon's record contract: a recording error


	Pentagon's record contract: a recording error

p1150

10-22-2007 1:10 PM

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pentagon, us, dept, defense

p1150 says:

wow, no wonder why our taxes continue to sky rocket, wonder what has gotten by the auditers

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                                        Pentagon's record contract: a recording error                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P>
                        WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 
The U.S. Defense Department said on
Thursday it was awarding what might have been its richest-ever
single contract at $24 billion, but it erred by a factor of
1,000.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P>The supposedly huge deal, listed in the Pentagon's daily
contract digest, was said to have gone to <SPAN id="lw_1192810591_0" class="yshortcuts">Boeing Co</SPAN> for
engineering support of the Air Force's KC-135 refueling fleet.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P>"No one at <SPAN id="lw_1192810591_1" class="yshortcuts">Boeing</SPAN> knows of a contract of anything of this
magnitude," said Forrest Gossett, a company spokesman in <SPAN id="lw_1192810591_2" class="yshortcuts">St.
Louis</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P>The Air Force referred callers to Tinker Air Force Base,
Oklahoma, where the contract was handled. A base spokesman,
Ralph Monson, said the real deal was for $24 million -- a
difference of more than $23.9 billion.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3D0CD098-775C-4DA8-96CD-0A7A6346F312/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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