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November 17, 2009
More on Former NASA Official Convicted of Steering Contracts
A November 6 press release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has more information about a NASA case reported here previously:Following a four-day trial in August, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found Stadd guilty of one count of Acts Affecting a Personal Financial Interest, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 208, and two counts of False Statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. ...
According to facts presented at trial, Stadd, who previously served as NASA Chief of Staff and White House Liaison, returned to NASA in April of 2005 as a Special Government Employee in the Office of the Administrator. At the same time, Stadd was also the president of a private consulting business, Capitol Solutions. Stadd exerted his authority as a Special Government Employee to ensure that $12 million of a $15 million Congressional “earmark” for earth science applications was spent in Mississippi, where one of his clients, Mississippi State University, was located. Mississippi State University received $9,603,428 of the “earmarked” funds from NASA. Stadd later sent an invoice to Mississippi State University for his actions on
the “earmark” allocation and also cited those actions to support a request for a pay raise from Mississippi State University. As part of his scheme, Stadd made false statements to NASA ethics officials concerning his participation in NASA matters involving Mississippi State University.
According to facts presented at trial, Stadd, who previously served as NASA Chief of Staff and White House Liaison, returned to NASA in April of 2005 as a Special Government Employee in the Office of the Administrator. At the same time, Stadd was also the president of a private consulting business, Capitol Solutions. Stadd exerted his authority as a Special Government Employee to ensure that $12 million of a $15 million Congressional “earmark” for earth science applications was spent in Mississippi, where one of his clients, Mississippi State University, was located. Mississippi State University received $9,603,428 of the “earmarked” funds from NASA. Stadd later sent an invoice to Mississippi State University for his actions on
the “earmark” allocation and also cited those actions to support a request for a pay raise from Mississippi State University. As part of his scheme, Stadd made false statements to NASA ethics officials concerning his participation in NASA matters involving Mississippi State University.
