Maj. gen. tied to improper contract, punished

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Maj. gen. tied to improper contract, punished
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Apr 17, 2008 22:06:31 EDT

The vice director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon — Air Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Goldfein — has been reprimanded after a Defense Department Inspector General report implicated him in a contract scandal.

The Jan. 30 IG report, obtained by Air Force Times, says Goldfein, then director of the Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., steered a five-year, $49.9 million contract to Strategic Message Solutions in 2005 to produce multimedia presentations for Thunderbirds air shows.

The 250-page report implicates five Air Force members, but only Goldfein’s name is not redacted.

Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne took administrative action against Goldfein and two others involved and referred the remaining two — the lowest-ranking members involved — to their chains of command for possible action.

“I am deeply disappointed that our high standards were not adhered to in this case,” Wynne said. “This is not how the Air Force does business and we are taking steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/04/airforce_moseley_contract_041708b/