Missoulian: INSIDE
WASHINGTON: Profiting from failure
HOUSE Hearing, 113th Congress - [H.A.S.C. No. 113-38] BUDGET REQUEST FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY [PDF 2981 KB]
“When the Army creates its own cloud—Google did their cloud a few years ago and it is fairly successful. DCGSs [Distributed Common Ground System] cloud isn’t working yet, but it is soon to be there. Apple created a cloud a few years ago. It is working fantastically. That is what I use on my phone right now. You have a lot of products and a lot of commercial software out there, and in this time of extreme budget cuts—we have already spent almost $3 billion on DCGS. You asked for another, I think, $270 million this year. Life cycle costs going up—upwards towards $8 billion or $9 billion going into the future here on an internal DOD, in-the-Belt-way, trying to recreate systems that already exist in real life and are used by big business every single day; that are used by the CIA [Central Intelligence Agency], the DEA [Drug Enforcement Agency], the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation], all the special operations forces. They use some of these off-the-shelf products.”
HOUSE Hearing, 113th Congress - [H.A.S.C. No. 113-38] BUDGET REQUEST FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY [PDF 2981 KB]
“When the Army creates its own cloud—Google did their cloud a few years ago and it is fairly successful. DCGSs [Distributed Common Ground System] cloud isn’t working yet, but it is soon to be there. Apple created a cloud a few years ago. It is working fantastically. That is what I use on my phone right now. You have a lot of products and a lot of commercial software out there, and in this time of extreme budget cuts—we have already spent almost $3 billion on DCGS. You asked for another, I think, $270 million this year. Life cycle costs going up—upwards towards $8 billion or $9 billion going into the future here on an internal DOD, in-the-Belt-way, trying to recreate systems that already exist in real life and are used by big business every single day; that are used by the CIA [Central Intelligence Agency], the DEA [Drug Enforcement Agency], the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation], all the special operations forces. They use some of these off-the-shelf products.”
Missoulian: Northern
Va. Army contractor gets 4 years
Former Army Contracting Official Pleads Guilty In Bribery and Kickback Scheme
“Lim, 48, of Fairfax Station, Va., also known as InSeon Lim, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to three offenses: conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud; bribery; and attempting to interfere with and impede tax laws. The conspiracy charge carries a statutory maximum of five years in prison, the bribery charge carries up to 15 years, and the tax charge carries up to three years of incarceration. The charges also carry potential financial penalties. The plea agreement calls for Lim to pay restitution, including $250,000 to the Department of Defense and nearly $125,000 to the IRS. In addition, the plea agreement requires Lim to pay a forfeiture money judgment of $490,262. The Honorable Leonie M. Brinkema scheduled sentencing for Oct. 17, 2014.”
Former Army Contracting Official Pleads Guilty In Bribery and Kickback Scheme
“Lim, 48, of Fairfax Station, Va., also known as InSeon Lim, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to three offenses: conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud; bribery; and attempting to interfere with and impede tax laws. The conspiracy charge carries a statutory maximum of five years in prison, the bribery charge carries up to 15 years, and the tax charge carries up to three years of incarceration. The charges also carry potential financial penalties. The plea agreement calls for Lim to pay restitution, including $250,000 to the Department of Defense and nearly $125,000 to the IRS. In addition, the plea agreement requires Lim to pay a forfeiture money judgment of $490,262. The Honorable Leonie M. Brinkema scheduled sentencing for Oct. 17, 2014.”
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