Department of Defense

The Pentagon Money Pit: $6.5 Trillion in Unaccountable Army Spending, and No DOD Audit for the Past Two Decades

By Dave Lindorff | This Can’t Be Happening! | August 10, 2016 What if the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services were to report that $6.5 billion in spending by that federal agency was unaccounted for and untraceable? You can imagine the headlines, right? What if it was $65 billion? The […]

BFP Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Funding Priorities for June 2016

DOD spent $25,448,646,000+ on 292 individual contracts during June 2016
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $25,448,646,000 on 292 individual contracts during June 2016.  This amount does not include 23 Foreign Military Sales transactions worth roughly $3,330,606,000.

BFP Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Funding Priorities for April 2016

DOD spent $11,355,885,000+ on 188 individual contracts during April 2016
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $11,355,885,000 on 188 individual contracts during April 2016.  This amount does not include 26 Foreign Military Sales transactions worth $1,508,484,000.

BFP Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Funding Priorities for February 2016

DOD spent $27,407,152,614+ on 209 individual contracts in February 2016
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $27,407,152,614 on 209 individual contracts during February 2016. This amount does not include Foreign Military Sales contracts worth $1,118,924,036.

BFP Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Funding Priorities for December 2015

DOD spent $21,766,419,449+ on 249 individual contracts in December 2015
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $21,766,419,449 on 249 individual contracts during December 2015. This amount does not include 47 Foreign Military Sales deals worth $5,525,328,127.
UNINHABITED VEHICLES & CRAFT

BFP Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Funding Priorities for November 2015

DOD spent $16,516,951,059+ on 159 individual contracts in November 2015
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $16,516,951,059 on 159 individual contracts during November 2015. This amount does not include sixteen Foreign Military Sales contracts worth roughly $864,205,460.
UNINHABITED VEHICLES & CRAFT