Monthly Archives: January 2013

Crouching guard, hidden danger for China security firms

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Crouching guard, hidden danger for China security firms Thursday, 17 January, 2013, 3:55pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing An instructor gestures as students hold rubber guns during a bodyguard training session in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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SIGAR Finds $6.3 Million Unnecessarily Paid for Maintenance on Vehicles That Had Been

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Good Morning, Today SIGAR released an audit on the Afghan National Police vehicle maintenance contract.  SIGAR found about $6.3 million was unnecessarily paid on vehicles that had been destroyed or that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Quality Controls for the Rotary Wing Transport Contracts Performed in Afghanistan Need Improvement

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01/16/2013 Acquisition Processes and Contract Management Quality Controls for the Rotary Wing Transport Contracts Performed in Afghanistan Need Improvement, January 15, 2013 (Project No. D2012-D000AS-0031.000) DODIG-2013-037 What We Did We determined… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Readers speak on contractors

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The Federal Diary Joe Davidson Readers speak on defense budget plan, contractors, corruption, whistleblowers By Joe Davidson, Published: January 15 The Federal Diary gets lots of reader reaction via e-mail, snail mail… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The Case For a Combined Code of Business Ethics and Conduct

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The Case For a Combined Code of Business Ethics and Conduct From the Experts By Suzanne R. Folsom, Victoria McKenney, and Glenn T. Ware All Articles Corporate Counsel January 16, 2013 Suzanne R.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The most open government in the world? It doesn’t feel like it…

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… Getting underneath the failings of security contractor G4S at the Olympic Games was also frustrating. “It was very difficult to extract relevant information because the London Organising Committee of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Paying For Torture

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11 Jan 2013 01:15 PM Paying For Torture Ten years after the fact, L-3 Services, the American defense contractor on site at Abu Ghraib, is paying $5 million to 71 former… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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CACI Selected for Defense Contract

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http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/90435/caci-selected-for-defense-contract CACI Selected for Defense Contract by Zacks Equity Research January 15, 2013 CACI International Inc (CACI – Analyst Report) recently announced that it was selected as one of the seven… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The Abu Ghraib Settlement: A Form of Reparations?

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 The Abu Ghraib Settlement: A Form of Reparations? By Debbie Sharnak | 01/13/2013 Photo: Khalid Mohammed The first lawsuit involving defense contractors accused of conspiring to torture detainees at Abu Ghraib… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Security Contractor training. Not!

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Is this how a security contractor trains? No, LOL, but one can dream. You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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