A source of anger for many lawmakers at the hearing was a U.S.government contract for a so-called "virtual fence" monitoring system along the nearly 3200-kilometer U.S.-Mexico border.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

The company is said to have never broken its contract with the government in its two and a half years of operation.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Senator Roland Burris also blasted the program, and the U.S.government's contract with Boeing for the work, during this exchange with Customs and Border Protection Agency commissioner Alan Bersin.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Other opposition parties,rights groups, anti-corruption campaigners and the Nigerian Bar Association have criticized the government over its handling of the multi-million-dollar cash-for-contract scandal involving U.S.company Halliburton and top Nigerian officials.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

He said he and U.S.President Barack Obama agree that whatever new government emerges will have to make a new contract with the international community and its neighbors to build its army, take tough action on corruption, create a more inclusive political process, reach out to moderate elements of the insurgency and stronger control of local affairs.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14