[Peace-discuss] SAIC in the news - criminal conviction

[Paul Mueth]

SAIC found guilty of False Claims Act violations
By ELISE CASTELLI
August 06, 2008
A federal jury has found that Science Applications
International Corp. (SAIC) violated the False Claims
Act and ordered the company to pay the government $6
million in damages.
SAIC failed to disclose conflicts of interest that
could have biased the company’s work assisting the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the jury found. SAIC
was hired by the agency to help it develop a rule to
govern the recycling of radioactive waste from nuclear
facilities. The jury ruled the company concealed its
relationships with private firms that would benefit
from the rule, and made 77 false statements and claims
to obtain payment on two NRC contracts in the 1990s.

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3662617