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Sandia Corporation Agrees to Pay $4.7 Million


Sandia Corporation Agrees to Pay $4.7 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Lobbying Activities

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sandia-corporation-agrees-pay-47-million-resolve-allegations-related-lobbying-activities

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The $4.7 million covers 4 years so that's a little under $1.2 million per year. That's not a big hit on a contract that's worth $2.4 billion per year. It's just the cost of business.
August 22, 2015 at 11:41 AM 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

August 22, 2015 at 1:20 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Oh, dear. Will this have any negative effects on next year's executive bonus?
August 23, 2015 at 10:12 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Just have NNSA pay this puny $4.7M fine. Hell, they just paid NM State (i.e. Susana in the Highest) LANS $70M fine. It's all about NNSA "protecting" their contractors, not holding them accountable.

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Anonymous said…
Three Vice Presidents (and now the President) of technical divisions at Sandia National Laboratories do not have a Ph.D.: Hruby, Walker, Vahle. To my knowledge, these are the first ever Vice Presidents without a Ph.D. in Science or Engineering to lead techical divisions at Sandia.

Adam Rowen (no longer manager of the Materials Chemistry department) from Sandia National Laboratories does not have a Ph.D.

Yep, Adam Rowen definitely doesn't have a Ph.D.

Didn't the Department of Energy order Adam Rowen to cancel the Hawaii trip he booked on government funds?

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