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    USAID suspends IRD, its largest nonprofit contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan

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    USAID suspends IRD, its largest nonprofit contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan By Scott Higham and Steven Rich January 26 at 6:10 PM Follow @ScottHigham1 Follow @dataeditor The U.S. Agency for International… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    PSCs and Use of Force

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    Christopher Mayer Director, Armed Contingency Contractor Policies and Programs at US Department of Defense PSCs and Use of Force Jan 22, 2015 Two fundamental concepts must be kept in mind when… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    The Savings from Seven Key Afghanistan Audits: $1.1 Billion

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    The Savings from Seven Key Afghanistan Audits: $1.1 Billion By Charles S. Clark 12:27 PM ET A recent audit looked at Defense’s procedures to account for weapons provided to the Afghan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Iraq Commission on Public Integrity – October 2005

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    U.S. spent $500,000 on Afghan training center that was ‘melting,’ watchdog finds

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    U.S. spent $500,000 on Afghan training center that was ‘melting,’ watchdog finds By Christian Davenport January 15 at 12:01 AM Follow @_chrisdavenport The U.S. spent $500,000 to build a training building… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Virginia court reinstates fraud lawsuit against Triple Canopy

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    Virginia court reinstates fraud lawsuit against Triple Canopy By Amrita Jayakumar January 15 at 1:20 PM Follow @ajbombay A Virginia appeals court has restored a case against security contractor Triple Canopy… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Half a Million Dollar Afghan Police Training Center Melts

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    Afghan Special Police Training Center’s Dry Fire Range: Poor Contractor Performance and Poor Government Oversight Led to Project Failure Today SIGAR released an inspection of the $456,669 Afghan Special Police Training… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Outsourcing war and security: problems and solutions

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    January 12 2015, 5.35am EST Outsourcing war and security: problems and solutions The release of the CIA Torture Report in December re-opened the debate about using contractors to perform national security functions.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Accounting for Armed Contractors

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    Article from Vol.2 No.1: Money & War Accounting for Armed Contractors Dr. Ian Ralby | 12 January 2015 On 16 September 2007, the accountability of private armed contractors became a global… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Offshoring the Army: Migrant Workers and the U.S. Military

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    Offshoring the Army: Migrant Workers and the U.S. Military Darryl Li ABSTRACT Long-running debates over military privatization overlook one important fact: Te U.S. military’s post-2001 contractor workforce is composed largely of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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