defense contracts

Weekdays at 5 p.m. is a sacred time of day for defense reporters, and not just because of the promise of imminent alcohol. Come rain, shine or economic collapse, 5 p.m. is when the Pentagon emails out its list of contracts awarded that day, a laundry list of numbing, flat listings about massive amounts of [...]

Because even if it happened innocently or accidentally or meritoriously, it still doesn’t look good when the nephew of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), who chairs the House subcommittee that directs defense spending, shows up with a $4 million no-bid defense contract, as The Washington Post reported today.
[L]ast year, Murtech received $4 million in Pentagon work, [...]