Alex Bandoni
Coverage of Alex Bandoni in the Nexus archive.
- Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
An artillery plant funded by taxpayers cost $533 million but failed to produce a single usable shell due to frequent equipment malfunctions and factory issues. The U.S. Army ordered work on two production lines halted, and despite the failures, General Dynamics and its key Turkish subcontractor have not been publicly held accountable or forced to repay funds.
- Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?
Filing Freedom of Information Act requests has become an increasingly difficult and chaotic process at agencies like OPM following staff cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in early 2025. This reduction in information specialists has caused massive backlogs, with the average processing time for simple requests more than doubling. The author notes that routine document requests now involve navigating abandoned email inboxes and changing web portals.