Undisclosed documents shed light on further Halliburton billing abuse; $57m in new questioned charges

RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday March 28, 2006

An analysis by a Democratic congressman of Halliburton's third major contract in Iraq found that the firm's third contract was ripe with allegations of billing abuse, RAW STORY has learned. According to Waxman's review, some $57 million in charges were questioned by the Defense Contract Audit Agency, an arm of the Pentagon, in a random audit of several task orders. Out of $111 million in costs examined, $57 million were questioned or unsupported -- more than 50% of the total costs for these orders