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Darleen Druyun

Kelly Copeland

MAN3574/10809

Introduction

"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work" - Colin Powell

Did the Druyun scandal implement much needed acquistion reform within the government?

Question

Who is Darleen Druyun?

Who is Darleen Druyun?

Work History

1972- Started career in Warner Robins, GA as a contracting intern.

1980-1982 Office of Management and Budget

1991-1993- NASA

1993- 2002 Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

2002-2004 Boeing

*Fun Fact: She was nicknamed "Dragon Lady"

Wife & Mother

Wife & Mother

She is a mother to two daughters and is a devoted wife. She is known as her families financial and emotional rock

What is she accused of?

What is she accused of?

Druyun is accused of conspiracy and favoring Boeing for multiple contracts.

The First Mishap

The First Mishap

Accused of expediting payments to McDonnell Douglas for the C-17 Globemaster III transport plane.

The Downfall

The

Downfall

McCain

McCain

Arizona Senator, John McCain, questioned KC-767 Boeing contract in 2002 budget.

Contract was to lease the 767's for an extra $1B-$2B

McCain investigates Boeing

The Investigation

Investigation

Boeing provided 8,000 emails to McCain.

Emails revealed Boeing was favored on multiple contracts as a "Thank you" for hiring Druyun's daughter and son-in-law in 2000.

Emails also revealed Druyun and Sears, Boeing's CFO, were secretly negotiating.

Pleading Guilty

Pleading Guilty

2004 Druyun pled guilty to consipiracy and favoring Boeing on contracts.

Violated Title 18, Section 208 of the U.S. Code

Contracts in question

Contracts in Question

C-17

C-130

KC-767

NATO AWACS

How did she get away with this?

How?

Lack of supervision led to increased power.

Roche and Sambur limited Druyuns authority to award contracts and distrubuted duties to others.

Results

Results

New Strategies

New strategies

1) Acquisition Center of Excellence

2) Restructurng and decentralizing

3) Tracking implementation

4) Review of contracts

Procurement Fraud Working Group

PFWG

Representatives from FBI, National Reconnaissance Office, DOD, Homeland Security, Transportation, and State Department

Five goals....

1) Audit training

2) Increased education

3) Place agents in organizations

4) Data-mining software

5) Conflict-of-interest recognition

The GAO ruled in favor of competitors to reopen contracts. 48 investigations were also triggered.

Other

What happened to Sears and Boeing?

Sears & Boeing

Sears pled guilty to negotitating Druyun's contract while she was still employed by the Air Force and fined $250,000.

Boeing was fined $615M for Sears' actions and for obtaining classified documnets

Private Sector

If this was the private sector, I think Druyun would have received a harsher sentenced.

Private Sector & Lessons Learned

Lesson's Learned

Checks and balance.

Preventation is key.

Sometimes people just break the law no matter what.

Answer

Yes, her actions did implement much needed change in government acquisition.

Answer

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