Advocates are hosting a series of conferences about deadly GOP health care spending cuts; Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee found five contracting goliaths are set to reap outsized benefits.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Pentagon Buyout King
Stephen Feinberg moved from private equity giant Cerberus to the Defense Department. The resulting ‘Wall Street playbook,’ critics charge, has led to cronyism and waste.
Posted inLaw and Justice
ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program
Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.
Posted inPolitics
Time to De-Privatize
When the Democrats take back Congress, we need an agenda to return public functions to government and reverse decades of privatization.
Posted inTechnology
Identity Crisis
Citizen access to public agencies is a basic public function. Why does government contract out the process of verifying identity to a for-profit monopoly company?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trump Administration Creates a Monopolization Machine
New rules could grant ‘small business’ benefits to companies with up to $5 billion in assets. Actual small businesses may have no choice but to sell.
Posted inTechnology
Anthropic (Re-)Enlists for War
The AI company is advertising for a ‘National Security Sales’ position, suggesting that its battle with the Defense Department will soon be over.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion
The order came the day before the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.
Posted inTAP
Weaponizing the Missile Shortage
Reporting on the depletion of munitions due to the Iran war could be a pretext to massively expand the military budget and accelerate contracting.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Top Defense Official Could Reap Windfall From DOD Settlement
Stephen Feinberg founded private equity giant Cerberus. A Cerberus-owned firm is poised to settle one of the largest government lawsuits ever—against the very agency Feinberg now helps lead.