Army contracting scandal reaches DHS

From Homeland Security News Wire:

17 October 2011

A $20 million contracting scandal involving the Army Corps of Engineers has now grown to include DHS; last week, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts) expanded the congressional probe to gather information on EyakTek, an Alaskan-native corporation that has received more than $1 billion in set-aside contracts from DHS and the Army.

Last week, Representative Edward J. Markey (D – Massachusetts) expanded the congressional probe to gather information on EyakTek, an Alaskan-native corporation that has received more than $1 billion in set-aside contracts from DHS and the Army.

In a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Markey requested e-mails, contracting records, and other documents involving Harold Babb, EyakTek’s director of contracts.

Babb was arrested two weeks ago in what federal prosecutors called “one of the most brazen corruption schemes in the history of federal contracting.”...

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