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It does not contain 2009 earmarks. Congress released earmark disclosures for an omnibus bill that included three of the twelve regular appropriations bills—Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Construction/Veterans Affairs—for fiscal year 2009.

A downloadable spreadsheet listing those earmarks is available from Taxpayers for Common Sense (xls).

“$3,000,000 to Concurrent Technologies Corporation for Transformation and Modernization of Air Force Weapons Systems”

Sponsor:  

Citizen Contributed Data (94% Complete)

Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
100 CTC Drive
Johnstown, PA
15904-1935
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
100 CTC Drive Johnstown, PA
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
CTC is a nonprofit that provides management and technology solutions, and much more (like a package deal).
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
Yes
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Grants (Fedspending.org):  Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
Yes
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
URL of Lobbying Data from OpenSecrets  Research contributed by:
adavison


Comments, notes, additional research...

jimr63 wrote:

This is another in a continuing stram of federal dollars that Murtha brings to his district. The ubiquitous and sweeping nature of the title of this earmark says it all. The question is: Does the U.S. Air Force want this money spent?

posted November 14, 2007 at 8:58 a.m.

whatup wrote:

Exactly how this earmark helps his district is lost in the ephemeral mists. The funding never makes it way to the working man's level and Murtha presides over one of the poorest and highest unemployment districts in the state.

posted November 15, 2007 at 2:26 p.m.

adavison wrote:

The Top Personnel are listed but not all on the same page. You have to select different links to view them all (Learn about CTC and then top 4 links on left).

There was $19, 350 to Murtha.

The second-highest ranking Air Force procurement officer Charles D. Riechers, killed himself after coming under scrutiny for accepting $26,788 from Commonwealth Research Institute, whose parent is CTC. The apparent arrangement was that he was paid $13,400 per month.
NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/us/16contract.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22concurrent%20technologies%22%20riechers&st=cse

"Those payments were first reported on Oct. 1 by The Washington Post. In an interview with The Post, Mr. Riechers said: 'I really didn’t do anything for C.R.I. I got a paycheck from them.'"

posted July 29, 2009 at 10:50 p.m.



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