Thread: Interesting web site

I stumbled across this when I was looking up CH2M Hill (after watching a story about a city that has using them to run the city)
It has a lot of the big hitters (defense contractors) like Kellog, Brown and Root, Northrup Grumman and the names of their officers. I want to find out more about CH2M Hill to see just what these cities are getting themselves into!

http://publicintegrity.org/wow/resource ... contrib#93

here are their campaign contributions

Campaign Contributions of Post-war Contractors
From 1990 through fiscal year 2002

Contractor Total Contributions
General Electric Company $8,843,884
Vinnell Corporation (Northrop Grumman) $8,517,247
BearingPoint Inc. $4,949,139
Science Applications International Corp. $4,704,909
Fluor Corp. $3,624,173
Bechtel Group Inc. $3,310,102
Kellogg, Brown & Root (Halliburton) $2,379,792
American President Lines Ltd. $2,185,303
Dell Marketing L.P. $1,774,971
Parsons Corp. $1,403,508
DynCorp (Computer Sciences Corp.) $1,218,944
TECO Ocean Shipping Co. $1,217,587
Washington Group International $1,185,232
United Defense Industries, L.P. $1,076,006
Unisys Corporation $626,239
Readiness Management Support LC (Johnson Controls Inc.) $464,995
Tetra Tech Inc. $223,770
Louis Berger Group $212,456
Liberty Shipping Group Ltd. $136,560
Perini Corporation $119,000
Ocean Bulkships Inc. $95,200
Kroll Inc. $90,025
Raytheon Aerospace LLC $89,645
MZM Inc. $78,751
Sealift Inc. $77,374
Sodexho Inc. $25,632
Chemonics International Inc. $24,350
Landstar Express America Inc. $21,605
Stevedoring Services of America $18,675
Abt Associates Inc. $14,600
Anteon International Corporation $10,575
Creative Associates International Inc. $10,300
Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. $9,900
Mediterranean Shipping Company $9,375
EGL Eagle Global Logistics $7,660
World Fuel Services Corp. $7,100
DHS Logistics Company $5,500
Development Alternatives Inc. $4,647
International Resources Group $3,830
PAE Government Services Inc. $3,000
International American Products Inc. $2,500
Contrack International Inc. $2,000
Research Triangle Institute $1,950
Ronco Consulting Corporation $1,750
John S. Connor Inc. $1,750
USA Environmental Inc. $1,450
Force 3 $1,050
EOD Technology Inc. $670
University of Nebraska at Omaha $650
Zapata Engineering $500
Red River Computer Company $300
Logenix International L.L.C. $250

ohflyingone

It looks to me like a watchdog group exposing how Gov. contracts
are won. That itself is such a mess and downright criminal, the way
the contracts are awarded.

I don't understand what you are getting at, about them running
cities and you looking for what cities are getting themselves into.

Please explain.

I had read an article a while back out cities "outsourcing" to private firms things that city employees would normally do like repairs, sewers, etc.

Then I heard on the news of a city that was doing this. I am very leary of the partnerships being forged between the public (government) and private (big corporations). I just feel like both are ganged up on the American taxpayer.