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August 31, 2015 By AMK

Lockheed pays $4.8M to settle illegal lobbying claim

Sandia Corp. and parent company Lockheed Martin, which operate the federally-funded Sandia National Laboratories, agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle claims that the company used taxpayer money to lobby congress to extend its contract to manage the research facility in violation of federal law.

Sandia National LaboratoriesThe Department of Justice opened an investigation earlier this year after an inspector general report showed the company used federal funds to stand up an in-house lobbying team to develop a strategy to extend the management contract for the facility at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after it was set to expire in 2012.

Documents obtained by the IG revealed a strategy to influence congressmen and federal officials — including then-Energy Secretary Steven Chu. While these lobbying efforts were not explicitly illegal, laws and regulations prohibit the use of federal funds for such purposes.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/management/oversight/2015/08/24/lockheed-sandia-lobbying/32262165/

Read in-depth information at:  http://archive.federaltimes.com/article/20141112/ACQ/311120012/Report-Sandia-violated-rules-lobbying-contract-extensions

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: DOJ, Energy Dept., IG, Justice Dept., Kirtland Air Force Base, lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Sandia National Laboratories

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