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“$2,000,000 to Clean Earth Technologies for Hyperspectral Sensors for Improved Force Protection (Hyper-IFP)”

Sponsor:  

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Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
13378 Lakefront Drive
Earth City, MO
63045
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
13378 Lakefront Drive Earth City, MO
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
The following is from the company website:

"CET is a premiere small business science and technology firm developing products, technologies, and providing services in intelligence, defense, homeland security, and life science. CET specializes in rapid innovation for delivering high tech, state of the art, technological solutions for tomorrow, today."
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
Yes
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
Yes
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Contracts (Fedspending.org):  Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Grants (Fedspending.org):  Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
Yes
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
Yes
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
URL of Lobbying Data from OpenSecrets  Research contributed by:
scsouthern



Comments, notes, additional research...

scsouthern wrote:

Owner Jeffry Golden gave Akin:
$2,000 for the 2006 primary
$2,100 for the 2006 general
$2,300 for the 2008 primary

CEO Robert Morgan gave Akin:
$250 for the 2002 primary
$2,100 for the 2006 general
$2,300 for the 2008 primary

Director of Human Resources Audrey Morgan gave Akin:
$2,300 for the 2008 primary

posted December 27, 2007 at 9:11 p.m.

scsouthern wrote:

Morgan's and Golden's 2006 general election contributions were within 6 days of each other.

Golden's, R. Morgan's, and A Morgan's 2008 primary contributions were all within 3 days of each other.

posted December 27, 2007 at 9:17 p.m.

scsouthern wrote:

I don't know much about campaign finance laws, but if Clean Earth was under contract with the government, then aren't Golden's and Morgan's contributions illegal?

posted December 28, 2007 at 3:40 a.m.



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