Former SEIU president and frequent Obama White House visitor Andy Stern plays a prominent role in an investigation being conducted by a CNN featured in a recent Anderson Cooper’s 360 report. The investigation is focused on a $433 million no-bid contract that was awarded to Siga by Health and Human Services in May. Stern, who threw the full resources of SEIU behind Obama in 2008, stunned labor observers last year when he inexplicably joined the board of Siga after suddenly stepping down from his SEIU position, also without plausible explanation.
Siga is contracted to provide 1.7 million doses of small pox anti-viral. There are controversies around the bid process, the deals unusually high profit margin and the efficacy of the product, as well as any role Stern may have played in helping to secure the contract.
