The Mysterious Contractor A is...Boeing

In what appears to be even more fallout from the Darleen Druyun Air Force acquisition scandal that landed her and a Boeing executive in Club Fed, The Washington Post reports that the brewing scandal over the Defense Contract Audit Agency's suppression and changing of audit results is partly the result of her machinations.  According to Dana Hedgpeth at The Post:

In a case later identified as involving Boeing, the GAO said the agency made "an upfront agreement" with the company to limit the scope of work and basis for an audit in 2002. The audit related to a cost-and-pricing system of aircraft that included the C-17, aerial refueling tanker, the B-1 and other planes, according to documentation provided to Congressional staff members. These deals were being negotiated by Darleen Druyun who was then a top Air Force acquisition official. Druyun later went to prison after admitting that she favored Boeing in selecting its tanker while she was seeking a job with the company.

When DCAA auditors found "significant deficiencies" and put out a draft report of the problems, the contractor objected. The GAO said an executive told the auditors that if there was an inadequate rating, he would "escalate the issue to the highest level possible in the government and within his own company."

The managers at the audit agency assigned a new supervisor to the case, threatening the senior auditor with personnel action if "he did not delete findings from the report and change the draft audit opinion to adequate," the GAO reported.

-- Nick Schwellenbach

Comments

[Mike Calloway]

Darlene Druyan still qualified for her civil service retirement even after being convicted and sentenced. Read more at:

http://www.federaltimes.com/index.php?S=1813458

Also she was sentenced for 8 months. How many other people who challenged her decisions and behavior suffered a lot more than Darlene Druyan? How many careers of Air Force officers did she destroy in an attempt to cover up her illegal actions?

How many whistleblowers suffered a lot more (through government retaliation) than Darlene Druyan?