United States Government Agencies Contracts

Hundreds of companies prosecuted or sued for defrauding the government can still receive federal business--and many have gotten new contracts--because agencies chose not to ban them, a computer analysis shows. The companies include a Texas contractor convicted of selling faulty Coast Guard windshields and an environmental cleanup company convicted of bribery.

Hundreds of companies prosecuted or sued for defrauding the government can still receive federal business--and many have gotten new contracts--because agencies chose not to ban them, a computer analysis shows. The companies include a Texas contractor convicted of selling faulty Coast Guard windshields and an environmental cleanup company convicted of bribery.

If the allied coalition prevails, and the Iraqi army ultimately leaves Kuwait, a stampede of Westerners will move in to assist in a cleanup and reconstruction so thorough and costly that it likely will draw comparisons to the rebuilding of Europe after World War II. A key player in the initial stages of the cleanup will be the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a venerable and often controversial agency that is drawn to war and disaster as moths are to light.

As the Administration struggled to get out from under the burgeoning White House travel office controversy, Harry Thomason, television producer and longtime friend of President Clinton, defended his involvement in the affair Saturday, saying, "I feel dumb," but insisting that he had acted with good intentions. Clinton flew to New Hampshire Saturday morning to deliver a commencement address in which he focused on his economic plan, appealing for support.

As the Administration struggled to get out from under the burgeoning White House travel office controversy, Harry Thomason, television producer and longtime friend of President Clinton, defended his involvement in the affair Saturday, saying, "I feel dumb," but insisting that he had acted with good intentions. Clinton flew to New Hampshire Saturday morning to deliver a commencement address in which he focused on his economic plan, appealing for support.

If the allied coalition prevails, and the Iraqi army ultimately leaves Kuwait, a stampede of Westerners will move in to assist in a cleanup and reconstruction so thorough and costly that it likely will draw comparisons to the rebuilding of Europe after World War II. A key player in the initial stages of the cleanup will be the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a venerable and often controversial agency that is drawn to war and disaster as moths are to light.