The US Government Accountability Office deleted details of cost overruns on two of the Navy's littoral combat ships from a report on shipbuilding contracts, at the request of the
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The Pentagon got caught trying to hide embarrassing cost overruns on Navy ships
If the data you need to release to the public is potentially embarrassing, there's always classification review to the rescue.
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 23, 2014) The littoral combat ships USS Independence (LCS 2), left, and USS Coronado (LCS 4) are underway in the Pacific Ocean
“The department failed to consider the public interest in knowing that cost targets were being exceeded, and by how much,” “Instead, it looks like DoD is trying to keep unfavorable facts out of the public eye. In the long-run, that’s not a smart move.”
The Navy's push to field littoral combat ships has come under sharp criticism from defense experts and members of Congress. Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, for example, last year called out the
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