Summary
In late 2003, Boeing fired Darleen Druyun, who had retired from the Air Force in 2002, for ethics lapses and federal investigators began examining how the firm came to hire her. In October, she was fined and sentenced to 9 months in federal prison for negotiating her move to Boeing while still overseeing its Air Force contracts. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said in a stinging speech on the Senate floor in November that top Air Force leaders, not just Druyun, should be held responsible for the scandal. The Air Force's problems, along with purchasing improprieties at other agencies, have raised ethics awareness and trepidation among procurement officials across government, according to a recent survey by the Professional Services Council, an industry group, and consulting firm Grant Thornton. Defense officials are taking several far-reaching actions in the wake of Druyun's admissions. For example, her old job has been eliminated.
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Getting Buyers Back in Line
A year before Darlcen Druyun retired from the Air Force in 2002, Defense procurement leaders had become concerned that she exercised too much control over the service's weapons purchases, which account for most of its $53.6 billion annual procurement budget. Michael Wynne, acting undersec...
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