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Government Corruption
Justice Department Accused of 'Reckless Technique'
Ginger Thompson, The New York Times
National Security
Defense safety board blasts DOE, Bechtel
Annette Cary, The News Tribune
Agencies Join to Target Counterfeit Military Parts
Jeff Bliss, Tony Capaccio and Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg
Open Government
Stimulus watchdog pushes unified coding system for governmentwide spending site
Joseph Marks, Nextgov
Financial Sector Oversight
SEC Probes $1.5 Billion Merrill CDO Sale
Kara Scannell, CNBC
Senator to Block SEC Nominees Until Stanford Ruling Issued
Jessica Holzer, The Wall Street Journal
The SEC’s First Deferred Prosecution Agreement
Wayne M. Carlin, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
Contract Oversight
Security Contractors and U.S. Defense: Lessons Learned from Iraq and Afghanistan
David Isenberg, World Politics Review
Former Blackwater guard sentenced for killing of Afghan civilian
R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post
Auditor clarifies comment about missing cash in Iraq
Charles S. Clark, Government Executive
KBR Alleged Rape Trial Begins
Daniel Gilbert, The Wall Street Journal
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