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Articles by Robert O'Harrow

As a reporter for the Financial and Investigative staffs of the Post, Robert O'Harrow has carved out a data privacy beat and uncovered stories about the use of information that has led to changes in state and federal law. In 2000, O'Harrow was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. He was a recipient of the 2003 Carnegie Mellon Cybersecurity Reporting Award.

House seeks records in contracting case
A House oversight panel this week called on Army Secretary John M. McHugh to provide procurement documents, e-mail and other material related to almost $200 million worth of technology contracts involving the Communications-Electronics Command.
 

Pulitzer Prize Package

Robert O'Harrow was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for the following collection of articles:

• Posing a Privacy Problem? Jan. 22, 1999
• U.S. Helped Fund Photo Database of Driver IDs Feb. 18, 1999
• U.S. to Start Gathering Patient Data March 22, 1999
• Under Fire, U.S. Amends Plan to Collect Health Care Data April 1, 1999
• Digital-Age Snoops Hire Lobbyist, Make Headway on Hill April 17, 1999
• Survey Says: You're Not Anonymous June 9, 1999
• Uncle Sam Has All Your Numbers June 27, 1999
• Justice Dept. Pushes for Power to Unlock PC Security Systems August 20, 1999
• Senate Passes Bill On Drivers' Records Oct. 5, 1999
• Unlisted Numbers Not Protected From Marketers Dec. 19, 1999
Policy, portfolios and the investor lawmaker: As stock ownership rises in Congress, experts warn of potential ethics concerns (Post, November 23, 2009)
 
Rep. Reyes not under investigation, House panel says (Post, November 20, 2009; 2:53 PM)
 
Ethics panel eyed whether Reyes misused his authority (Post, October 30, 2009; 8:09 PM)
 
Ethics panel eyes whether Reyes misused his authority (Post, October 30, 2009; 11:37 AM)
 
House Ethics Committee clears Graves of impropriety (Post, October 30, 2009; 11:36 AM)
 
Audit Finds Waste in 'Green' Projects: Energy Dept. Acknowledges Problems With Outsourcing, Need for Oversight (Post, September 21, 2009)
 
House Panel Begins Broader Review of Procurement System (Post, August 26, 2009)
 
U.S. to Dole Out $1.2 Billion for Health Records Technology (Post, August 21, 2009)
 
HHS Takes On Health Records: Private Sector Previously Certified Firms Set to Get Stimulus (Post, August 15, 2009)
 
A $191 Million Question: How a relationship between an Army official and a private contractor led to allegations of collusion and impropriety (Post, August 7, 2009)
 
Report Criticizes Nuclear Detectors: GAO Finds Dubious Gains From Costly New Equipment (Post, June 23, 2009)
 
Report Faults Oversight of Contracts for Current Wars (Post, June 10, 2009)
 
Group Seeks Sway Over E-Records System: Health Association With Ties to Stimulus Lobbying Effort Pursues an Oversight Role (Post, May 21, 2009)
 
FDA Chief Halts Use of Gift Cards, Other Employee Incentives (Post, May 21, 2009)
 
The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform: How an Industry Lobby Scored a Swift, Unexpected Victory by Channeling Billions to Electronic Records (Post, May 16, 2009)
 
As Crisis Loomed, Geithner Pressed But Fell Short: Before Timothy Geithner became Treasury chief, he regulated major U.S. banks. Now he says: "We're having a major financial crisis in part because of failures of supervision." (Post, April 3, 2009)
 
President Orders Review of Federal Contracting System: More Competition, Accountability for Procurement Sought (Post, March 5, 2009)
 
Driving Up the Cost For Public Works: Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows (Post, February 14, 2009)
 
If Spending Is Swift, Oversight May Suffer: Plan's Pace Could Leave Billions Wasted (Post, February 9, 2009)
 
Downgrades And Downfall: How could a single unit of AIG cause the giant company's near-ruin and become a fulcrum of the global financial crisis? By straying from its own rules for managing risk and then failing to anticipate the consequences. (Post, December 31, 2008)
 
A Crack in The System: By 1998, AIG Financial Products had made hundreds of millions of dollars and had captured Wall Street's attention with its precise, finely balanced system for managing risk. Then it subtly turned in a dangerous direction. (Post, December 30, 2008)
 
What Went Wrong: The Beautiful Machine: Greed on Wall Street and blindness in Washington certainly helped cause the financial system's crash. But a deeper explanation begins 20 years ago with a bold experiment to master the variable that has defeated so many visionaries: Risk. (Post, December 29, 2008)
 
Like Clinton, Obama Calls for Fewer Federal Contractors to Cut Spending (washingtonpost.com, November 11, 2008; 12:00 AM)
 
Radiation Detectors' Value Is Questioned: GAO Says Agency Overstated Efficacy (Post, October 30, 2008)
 
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