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    Contractors Are Still Taking Short Cuts on Background Checks, Audit Finds

    Contractors Are Still Taking Short Cuts on Background Checks, Audit Finds By Charles S. Clark The three main companies performing employee security clearance checks for the Office of Personnel Management need… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Embassy audit finds improper vetting of security contractors

    Washington Post Embassy audit finds improper vetting of security contractors By Karen DeYoung June 13 at 12:01 AM A newly completed internal audit of security contracts at U.S. embassies abroad found… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Senegal – Regional Seminar On the Montreux Document and Private Military and Security Companies

    Senegal – Regional Seminar On the Montreux Document and Private Military and Security Companies [press release] All Africa 4 June 2014 18:01 Dakar, Jun 04, 2014 (International Committee of the Red… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Military Contractor Liability Returns to the Supreme Court

    Hard National Security Choices Military Contractor Liability Returns to the Supreme Court By Steve Vladeck Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 7:00 AM Whatever the merits of the increasing reliance upon private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Salvos critical of Morrison over Manus report

    Salvos critical of Morrison over Manus report Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts By Naomi Woodley 11 June 2014 The Salvation Army has criticised the Immigration Minister for the way he interpreted a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Manus bloodshed ‘inevitable’

    Manus bloodshed ‘inevitable’ The Australian By JARED OWENS 12 June 2014 A FORMER Manus Island security guard has given a gruesome ­account of daily violence and bribery inside the detention centre,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Initial Assessment by the UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises -Complaint from Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights against G4s

    Initial Assessment by the UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises -Complaint from Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights against G4s UK National Contact Point for the OECD… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Outsourcing the War On Whistleblowers

    Outsourcing the War On Whistleblowers June 5, 2014 The federal government is not alone in waging a war on whistleblowers. In recent months, we learned that two of the government’s largest vendors make… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Maritime presentation

    Maritime presentation 04th June 2014 At a ceremony in London, Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSCs) that have undertaken the ISO 28000 maritime security certification through RTI, received their certificates. As a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Lawmakers See Possible Contractor Issues in Africa as US Quietly Pivots There

    Lawmakers See Possible Contractor Issues in Africa as US Quietly Pivots There Jun. 4, 2014 – 01:19PM By JOHN T. BENNETT Soldiers and civilian contractors sort through shipping containers near Gardez,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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