Parties To Pay $22.6M To Settle Whistleblower Suit

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The Justice Department says two companies and three individuals have agreed to pay $22.6 million as part of a whistleblower lawsuit that accused several companies and individuals of rigging a contract at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

The 2009 lawsuit, filed in federal court in Mississippi, claimed three current or former federal employees conspired to steer a computer contract to a team of companies that included Lockheed, which is based in Bethesda, Md., San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp., and Applied Enterprise Solutions, based in Slidell, La.

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