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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: federal investigation

federal investigation stories: 27 news summaries

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 Feds Lift Ban on IBM Contracts  

IBM withdraws protest of lost EPA contract

Apr 4, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The government Thursday lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from competing for new federal contracts. In exchange, IBM agreed to withdraw its protest of an $84 million contract with the EPA it lost last year, and to refund any attorney fees and costs the Government Accountability Office paid to... More »

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contracts • IBM • federal investigation • Environmental Protection Agency • computer • government contracts • insider information

IBM Banned from Gov't Contracts

Big Blue probed over alleged insider info that led to fat EPA deals

Apr 1, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US Attorney in Virginia has temporarily barred IBM from pursuing new government contracts while it investigates three 2006 IBM contracts with the EPA, MarketWatch reports. "The basic issue is whether certain information concerning a contract should have been provided to IBM employees by an EPA employee," said... More »

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IBM • federal investigation • Environmental Protection Agency • US Attorney's Office • government contracts • insider information

Feds Probe
SC Highway Cops for Bias

Dash videos reveal racial slurs, cars ramming suspects

Mar 21, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dash-cam videos that show the South Carolina Highway Patrol ramming black suspects with patrol cars and using racial slurs have triggered a federal probe, the State reports. In one of the five incidents, a trooper sent a suspect flying with his cruiser and then told a fellow officer, "Yeah,... More »

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police • South Carolina • federal investigation • racism • highways • police pursuits • state troopers • highway patrol

 Did Governor Use 
 Campaign Funds for Trysts?

Feds Probe hotel, travel payments

Mar 14, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced soon-to-be-ex-governor Eliot Spitzer's troubles could get even worse as prosecutors probe whether he used campaign funds for his meetings with prostitutes, the New York Times reports. Criminal charges linked to the payments could follow if federal investigators discover campaign money paid for the hotel rooms and transportation Spitzer used... More »

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prostitution • New York • sex scandal • federal investigation • campaign funds • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal

FBI Probes Countrywide
for Fraud

Feds seek evidence that subprime lender lied about quality of loans

Mar 9, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI has launched a securities fraud investigation against subprime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial for allegedly lying to investors about its financial status and the quality of its mortgage loans, reports the Wall Street Journal. The probe could extend to Wall Street firms that helped package more than $100 billion... More »

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FBI • Bank of America • federal investigation • home loans • Countrywide Financial • mortgage backed securities • subprime crisis • securities fraud

Bush Won't
Say No to
Libby Pardon

Sentence commutation may not be last chapter of CIA leak story

Jul 3, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush will not eliminate the possibility of a full pardon for Scooter Libby, he said today. Under fire from supporters for not pardoning the VP's ex-chief of staff and from critics for commuting the 30-month prison sentence—a decision he described as "very difficult"—he said he... More »

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Bush administration • federal courts • CIA leak investigation • federal investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • George W. Bush

Alaskan Tribes Score No-Bid Bonanza

Sen. Ted Stevens
under scrutiny for shady  contracts

Jun 19, 07 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan tribes are so successful in securing no-bid government contracts, they're spurring a federal investigation into conduct by Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, reports Salon. In 1986, Stevens pushed through a law that gave Alaskan companies "small business" preferences—even if they belong to a multi-billion dollar parent corporation and... More »

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Congress • Alaska • FBI • Senate • contracts • House Appropriations Committee • cocaine • Ted Stevens • Bolivia • Eskimo • House of Representatives • Halliburton • federal investigation

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