DOE Inspector; Fmr GOP Rep. Heather Wilson Got $500K For Work Not Meeting "Even Minimum Standards"
A former congresswoman's consulting business reaped almost a half-million dollars from the Energy Department for questionable work, according to a new inspector general's audit.
Officials at two of the department's facilities — Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the Nevada National Security Site — said there were "no deliverables" associated with their payments to former Rep. Heather Wilson's company, Heather Wilson and Co., according to the report. In all, the company received more than $450,000 in payments from four Energy Department facilities.
Information provided by the company to auditors to document the services provided to the department "did not meet even minimum standards for satisfying [Federal Acquisition Regulation] requirements," the inspector general said in the audit.
The former Republican congresswoman served in the House from 1998 to 2009, giving up her seat to run unsuccessfully for the Senate. In April, she was named president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she is scheduled to take office next week, according to the school's website. Wilson did not return a phone message left Tuesday at the school.
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