The Boeing Company (pronounced /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/) is a major American aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001. Boeing is made up of multiple business units, which are Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA); Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS); Engineering, Operations & Technology; Boeing Capital; and Boeing Shared Services Group.

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Campaign Finance

$26,621,787 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

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  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Bundled Contributions

    Money raised by the firm from multiple donors on behalf of the recipient. The firm's own contributions are not included.
    Recipient Lobbyist Amount
    Patty Murray Timothy Keating $27,600
View all campaign finance data for Boeing Co Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$167,314,310 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of Boeing Co

View all lobbying data for Boeing Co Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 243 dockets; Submitted to 36 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Boeing Co" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Earmarks

$36,900,000 Received
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Figures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill.

For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.

Top Earmarks

Fiscal Year Amount Description
2010 $19,500,000 Boeing Co: Maui Space Surveillance System Operations and Research
2010 $6,000,000 Boeing Co: B-52 Tactical Data Link Capability
2008 $4,000,000 Boeing Co: B-52 Squadrons -- B-52 CCJ
2010 $2,400,000 Boeing Co: Joint Gulf Range Complex Test and Training
2010 $2,000,000 Boeing Co: B-1 AESA Radar Operational Utility Evaluation
2010 $2,000,000 Boeing Co University of Missouri: Naval Advanced Electric Launcher System
2008 $1,000,000 Boeing Co: Central Test and Evaluation Investment Development -- Joint Gulf Range Complex Test and Training Interdependency Initiative
View all earmarks data for Boeing Co

Federal Spending

196 contracts
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2007 $736,000,000
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2008 BLOCK 2006 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST $559,800,000
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2007 $552,100,000
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2008 BLOCK 2006 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST $517,000,000
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2007 $514,653,194
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2006 $273,302,686
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2009 FUNDING $224,734,000
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2008 FUNDING $217,141,114
contract
 Boeing Corporation 2008 BLOCK 2006 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION $197,117,300
contract
 Boeing Company 2012 PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS $150,038,285
View all grant & loan data for Boeing Co View all contract data for Boeing Co Sources: USASpending.gov

Contractor Misconduct

56 Instances
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This information is collected by the Project On Government Oversight from press releases, court documents, news reports and other public records. It is not meant to be an exhaustive account of all instances of federal contractor misconduct.

More information on each instance, including primary source documents, is available on POGO's site by clicking on the instance description. More information on POGO's methodology is available here.

covers through POGO's March 5, 2013 release
Misconduct Type Hired By Incident Year Disposition Penalty
Ethics Multiple Agencies Illegal Hiring of Government Officials and Improper Use of Proprietary Information 2006 Settlement $615,000,000
Securities None Werbowsky, et al. v. Boeing et al. (Securities Class Action) 2001 Settlement $92,500,000
Environment Energy Rocky Flats Radioactive Waste Pollution 2008 Judgment Against Defendant $89,400,000
Government Contract Fraud Defense - Army Roby v. Boeing (Defective Chinook Helicopters) 2000 Settlement $54,000,000
Labor None Beck v. Boeing (Gender Discrimination Class Action) 2004 Settlement $40,600,000
Environment None Santa Monica Water Contamination Settlement 2012 Settlement $39,500,000
Government Contract Fraud Defense - Air Force Defective Work and Overbilling on KC-10 2009 Settlement $25,000,000
Import/Export None Arms Export Control Act Violation (QRS-11 Gyrochip) 2006 Settlement $15,000,000
Non-governmental Contract Fraud Non-Governmental ICO Global Telecommunications v. Boeing (Breach of Contract) 2008 Settlement $10,000,000
Import/Export None Defense Services to Russia and Elsewhere (Arms Export Control Act Violation) 1998 Administrative Agreement $10,000,000
View all contractor misconduct data for Boeing Co Sources: Federal Contractor Misconduct Database from POGO

EPA Violations

10 Enforcement Actions
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Figures are based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO website. The ECHO database contains federal and state environmental enforcement actions. Data displayed here includes only those actions that began after 2000 and resulted in fines of over $1 million.

Actions where the company was the sole defendant are listed first. Actions where the company is one of multiple defendants are listed subsequently.

For more information see our EPA methodology page.

covers through EPA's October 19, 2011 release
Case Name Defendant Date Locations Amount
Chemical Commodities; Ashland The Boeing Company (+9 others) 2009 Olathe, Ks $14,377,138
American Standard Inc., Et Al. (Avery Dennison Corp.) The Boeing Company (+42 others) 2008 Camden, Nj $9,539,092
Waste Disposal Inc. McDonnell Douglas Corporation (+16 others) 2003 Santa Fe Springs, ... $9,080,000
Operating Industries Inc Superfund Site Admin Settlement No.2010-04 The Boeing Company (+275 others) 2011 Monterey Park, Ca $8,500,000
Omega Chemical Superfund Site Ou-1 Rd/Ra The Boeing Company (+270 others) 2010 Whittier, Ca $7,100,000
Abb, Inc. Et Al (Spectron Deminimis Settlement) Boeing Company (The) (+547 others) 2003 Elkton, Md $2,803,841
Pools Prairie Site The Boeing Company (+2 others) 2002 Neosho, Mo $2,227,125
Folcroft Landfill The Boeing Company (+14 others) 2006 Folcroft Borough, Pa $1,500,000
Container Recycling McDonnell Douglas Corporation (+134 others) 2004 Kansas City, Ks $1,404,829
Denova Environmental Boeing Company (+14 others) 2007 Rialto, Ca $1,216,352
View all EPA violations data for Boeing Co Sources: EPA ECHO Enforcement Data

Advisory Committees

10 people on 9 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "Boeing Co" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Department of Defense 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of State 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Transportation 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Federal Communications Commission 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Homeland Security 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of the Treasury 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Boeing Co