{"id":1975861,"date":"2023-07-18T05:36:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-awards-massive-no-bid-contracts-to-dem-connected-firm-with-600k-tax-lien\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T05:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:39:24","slug":"biden-admin-awards-massive-no-bid-contracts-to-dem-connected-firm-with-600k-tax-lien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-awards-massive-no-bid-contracts-to-dem-connected-firm-with-600k-tax-lien\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Grants Lucrative Contracts to Dem-Linked Firm Despite $600k Tax Lien"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-awards-massive-no-bid-contracts-to-dem-connected-firm-with-600k-tax-lien%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n  \u2064<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2064 \u2064 \u2062 <\/p>\n<h2>Deployed \u200dResources Executive Gave Thousands to Dems as\u200b Ex-Wife Worked for\u200d Kamala Harris<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure>\n\u2064    \u2062<figcaption>(Anna\u2064 Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\u200b \u200b<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n \u2063 \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Biden\u2063 administration\u200b has awarded private companies \u200dhundreds of \u200cmillions of dollars \u200bin no-bid \u2062contracts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-awards-massive-no-bid-contracts-to-dem-connected-firm-with-600k-tax-lien\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Grants Lucrative Contracts to Dem-Linked Firm Despite 0k Tax Lien\">house illegal\u200b aliens amid<\/a>\u2062 an\u200b unprecedented surge\u2064 at the\u200c southern \u2062border. One of the major recipients\u2063 is\u200b a \u200bDemocrat-linked\u200b logistics \u200bcompany that \u2062owes hundreds\u2064 of thousands \u200cof dollars in\u200c unpaid\u2064 taxes.<\/p>\n<div>\n   \u2064 <\/p>\n<p><a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>   \u200d \u2063<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2062 \u200b <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Federal law prohibits agencies from awarding\u2063 grants\u2062 to\u200b companies\u200b with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-states-attorney-asks-bidens-fcc-to-stop-fox-news-affiliates-racist-reporting-on-marilyn-mosby\/\" title=\"Baltimore State\u2019s Attorney Asks Biden\u2019s FCC To Stop Fox News Affiliate\u2019s \u2018Racist\u2019 Reporting On Marilyn Mosby\">unpaid federal taxes<\/a>. \u200cBut Deployed \u2062Resources, \u200ca\u2064 New York-based contractor that owes $585,075\u2062 in unpaid taxes, \u2064received $964 million in federal contracts\u2063 this \u200cyear to \u2062house \u2063illegal immigrants in North Carolina\u2062 and Texas. \u2062That windfall \u2064comes as \u200cDeployed Resources \u2064cultivated ties to the Democratic \u200dParty.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>Tom Ziemba, an executive\u200d at\u2062 Deployed \u200bResources and \u200cpresident of its\u200b sister\u200b company, Deployed \u2064Services, has \u2063contributed more than $34,000 \u2062to\u2063 Democrats, and has consulted \u200dfor\u2063 various \u200cDemocratic groups. His\u2063 ex-wife, Julie\u2064 Mason,\u2062 served\u200b as\u200b chief \u200bof\u2062 staff\u2062 for Vice President \u200dKamala Harris\u2019s husband\u200d until\u2062 June 2022. Mason joined Deployed Services earlier\u2062 this year as\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">executive vice president<\/a> for communications.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u200b <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-state-2024-race-shapes-up-as-candidates-vie-to-replace-katie-porter\/\" title=\"California's 2024 race intensifies as contenders compete for Katie Porter's seat.\">federal \u200dgovernment<\/a> \u2064has numerous controls to \u200densure award\u200b recipients are\u200d lawful \u200band\u200b ethical actors, \u2062but \u2063these appear \u2063to \u200dbe \u200bdisregarded amid \u200bthe\u2064 Biden administration\u2019s \u200dhumanitarian crisis at the \u2063border,&#8221; said\u200c Pete \u200dMcGinnis,\u2062 the communications director for the \u2064Functional \u200cGovernment Initiative,\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wuhan-lab-kept-nih-funding-despite-trump-crackdown\/\" title=\"Wuhan Lab Kept NIH Funding Despite Trump Crackdown\">government watchdog group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contracts\u200c to Deployed Resources, awarded \u200blargely \u200bby\u200d the Department \u200cof Homeland \u200cSecurity \u2064and Department of\u200c Health \u2064and Human Services, ballooned from \u2062$147\u2063 million \u2063in \u20642020\u200b to \u2064$944 million in\u2064 2022.\u2064 The IRS \u2063filed tax liens against the New\u200c York-based company in \u200dOctober \u200d2022 for unpaid taxes \u2064from \u200d2020\u200b and 2021, according\u200c to documents obtained\u200b by \u2062the <em>Washington\u200d Free \u200dBeacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Deployed Resources\u200d is\u2062 not the first Democrat-linked firm \u2063to score lucrative\u200c contracts from the \u200cOffice of\u2064 Refugee\u200c Resettlement. The San\u200b Antonio-based \u200bFamily\u200d Endeavors, which hired Biden transition\u200b adviser \u200cAndrew Lorenzen-Strait in \u200bearly\u2063 2021, received a $579 million no-bid contract from\u2062 the office\u2063 in \u200bMarch\u200c 2021,\u200c the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> reported.\u2062 The Office\u200b of Refugee Resettlement\u2019s\u2064 budget <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/federal-office-that-lost-migrant-kids-gave-billions-to-charity-run-by-former-biden-adviser\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has quadrupled<\/a> even as it lost track \u200cof\u2062 more than 100,000 \u2064unaccompanied\u200d children. \u200dNearly all of\u2063 the new spending has \u2062gone \u2064to Deployed Resources, Family\u2062 Endeavors, and one\u200c other\u2062 contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Deployed Services\u200d has \u2062received \u200d$335 million in contracts\u200b since 2021\u200c to provide &#8220;direct care&#8221; services at the North \u200cCarolina facility \u200doperated by Deployed Resources. That includes \u200d$261 \u2064million in no-bid \u200bcontracts since last year, a \u2064practice that Vice President\u200b Harris and\u2063 other Democrats have decried.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>McGinnis said the \u2063contracts have \u2063been awarded \u200d&#8221;without proper oversight,\u2064 even after \u200ccontract recipients were\u2062 tagged with\u2063 clear\u2063 misconduct, including \u2062unpaid \u2062taxes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sadly, these cartel-friendly policies appear \u200cdysfunctional at every \u2063turn,&#8221; \u200che told the\u200d <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019,\u200b the Government \u200cAccountability \u200cOffice\u200c <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/700\/699049.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that \u2064Health and \u2064Human \u2062Services and \u2064four\u200c other\u2063 agencies rarely complied\u200d with the\u2064 regulations \u2064regarding contracts\u2062 for companies with \u200bIRS debts.\u2063 Federal \u2062contractors are required \u2063to disclose\u2062 whether they\u200b have any\u2063 unpaid debt.\u200b Agencies must\u2063 either deny\u200b contracts for\u2062 tax scofflaws or consider\u200b whether \u200bthey should be\u200c suspected.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200c    <\/p>\n<p><a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The Government Accountability Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wspa.com\/news\/national\/gao-border-patrol-needlessly-spent-12m-at-texas-facility\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Customs\u200b and Border Protection in 2019 over a $12\u200d million\u2063 contract \u200dwith Deployed \u200bResources for \u2062a\u200b migrant housing \u2062facility\u2062 in Tornillo, Tex.\u200c According to the report, the government\u200c paid Deployed\u2063 Resources \u2063for 650,000 meals \u2063that\u2063 were never ordered. The facility was \u200cdesigned to\u2062 hold 2,500 migrants at\u200c a time, but only 68 stayed there on \u200caverage per \u2064day.<\/p>\n<p>Deployed Resources\u200b did not\u200d respond to numerous requests\u2062 for comment.\u2062 DHS and HHS did not \u2064respond to \u2063requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>thousands to Democrats. Deployed Resources, whose executive donated to Dems while his ex-wife worked for Kamala Harris, has received no-bid contracts worth hundreds of millions from the Biden administration. This comes as the southern border faces an unprecedented influx of illegal immigrants. The company&#8217;s political connections raise concerns about favoritism in contract allocation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":1975862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}