Oracle pays $8m to settle whistleblower claims.United States Attorney United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. There are 93 U.S. Michael J. Sullivan Some people have been named "Michael J. Sullivan":
Based on the whistleblower suit and its investigation, the United States alleged that from 1997 through 2003, ORACLE, one of the world's largest enterprise software companies, had submitted false claims for payment for computer training to a variety of government agencies arising out of a Master Contract between ORACLE and the General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. ("GSA"), including by: (1) billing to and collecting from the federal government in advance of providing training services; (2) "expiring" (meaning forfeiting to ORACLE) millions of dollars paid in advance by the federal government for training services which were not used within a one year period; and (3) failing to comply with the Federal Travel Regulations in billing the federal government for travel and expenses. After the investigation began, ORACLE stopped its prebilling, expiration and non-compliant travel and expense billing practices and entered into a contract amendment with the GSA which recognizes these continuing obligations. As a result of the settlement, the whistleblower in the case will receive $1.58 million of the $8 million total settlement amount. This matter was investigated by agents from the General Services Administration's Office of Inspector General Noun 1. Office of Inspector General - the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission OIG independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments , the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. , the Defense Criminal Investigative Service The Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) is the criminal investigative arm of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). Its stated mission is to protect America's warfighters by conducting investigations in support of crucial National , the Department of the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations, the Department of the Army's Criminal Investigation Command, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. It is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeremy Sternberg and Mark Balthazard in Sullivan's office. |
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