You're gonna LUV this one, folks...
LUV IT...!!!
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The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $190
million contract to the company accused of methodically defrauding the
government while carrying out background checks on millions of people,
including former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
* ONE... MORE... TIME...
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $190
million contract to the company accused of methodically defrauding the
government while carrying out background checks on millions of people,
including former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
(*SILENCE*)
The department's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services hired U.S. Investigations Services LLC. to help operate the nation's
immigration system.
USIS was able to win the contract because regulations
require agencies to follow strict procurement procedures unless a bidder has
been suspended or barred by the government from contracts. Despite questions
about its work on background checks, USIS was never blocked from federal work.
Unless a company is suspended or barred, "by law and
policy, we have to go with the lowest bidder," said an official with U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
* FOLKS... THERE'S NO HOPE... JUST... NO HOPE...
The Department of Homeland Security said it takes
"allegations of wrongdoing against its workforce and contractors extremely
seriously," but "at this time there is no conduct that has resulted
in suspension or debarment of USIS."
The agency said the contract decision came after an
18-month review.
* A REVIEW BY WHO...? WHAT DID THIS "REVIEW"
FIND...?
The Office of Personnel Management, which oversees
background-check investigations, indicated that USIS had addressed concerns
raised by the fraud allegations. "At this time we are satisfied with the
steps taken by USIS to deal with actions by their employees and previous
leadership," the agency said.
* WHAT... DOES... THAT... MEAN...?!?!
USIS, based in Falls Church, Va., declined to comment on
the contract award or its work with the U.S. government. After the fraud
allegations, which were brought to the government's attention in 2011 by a
company whistleblower, USIS overhauled its management team and said the
accusations were inconsistent with the company's values.
* SO THEY DID IT... DID WHATEVER IT IS THEY DID!
The Justice Department has accused USIS in a civil suit
of cutting corners while conducting investigations of people seeking clearance
for sensitive government jobs.
* WHY CIVIL SUIT? ISN'T DEFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT A
CRIMINAL MATTER...?!?!
Among those it screened was Mr. Snowden, the former NSA
contractor who sought sanctuary in Russia after leaking classified U.S.
government secrets.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
* FOLKS... THIS COMPANY IS...
(*DRUM ROLL*)
... the government's largest provider of background
checks for security clearances.
(*BANGING MY HEAD AGAINST THE WALL*)
Federal officials alleged that USIS carried out a flawed
2011 background check of Mr. Snowden before he secured an NSA job in Hawaii,
where he collected top-secret documents and later gave them to journalists. USIS
also did a 2007 background check of Aaron Alexis, a military contractor who
used his security clearance to bring a gun into the Washington Navy Yard last
fall and kill 12 people before being shot dead by security officers.
USIS has defended its work investigating Mr. Snowden and
Mr. Alexis and noted that the company provides information to government
officials who have the final say over who gets security clearance.
* GOOD LUCK EVER FINDING OUT THOSE NAMES...
(*SIGH*)
In January, the Justice Department joined a whistleblower
lawsuit against USIS and accused the company of defrauding the government.
* AGAIN... APPARENTLY NOT A CRIME...
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