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    How to Get a Mule’s — I Mean Contractor’s — Attention

    David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ How to Get a Mule’s — I Mean Contractor’s — Attention Posted: 08/03/2012 12:35 am The Commission on Wartime Contracting in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    A Trap for the Unwary- New FAR Rule Cracks Down on Private Security Functions

    A Trap for the Unwary- New FAR Rule Cracks Down on Private Security Functions August 6, 2012 By Adam Munitz, Esq If you have been following Operation Enduring Freedom, and particularly if… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    DoD, State implement only fraction of wartime contracting recommendations

    DoD, State implement only fraction of wartime contracting recommendations Thursday – 8/2/2012, 7:27pm EDT By Jack Moore @jmooreWFED The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan disbanded nearly a year… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Contingency Contracting: Agency Actions to Address Recommendations by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan

    Contingency Contracting Agency Actions to Address Recommendations by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan GAO-12-854R, Aug 1, 2012 What GAO Found In summary, DOD reported having taken or… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    What happens now with SA’s guns-for-hire in Somalia?

    What happens now with SA’s guns-for-hire in Somalia? Daily Maverick – The United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has this year highlighted the problematic role played by private security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    NHS seeks explanation over CSC role in ‘torture flights’

    NHS seeks explanation over CSC role in ‘torture flights’ Mark Ballard Monday 30 July 2012 12:15 The Department of Health is seeking an explanation from CSC over allegations the supplier was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Contractors bemoan delays as rookie U.S. buyers learn the ropes

    Contractors bemoan delays as rookie U.S. buyers learn the ropes By Nick Taborek, Published: July 29 Claudine Adams, the president of a small technology contractor in Maryland, walked into a routine meeting… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Taking On Taxpayer Funded Human Trafficking

    Jul 24, 2012 Taking On Taxpayer Funded Human Trafficking By JARED DURA and ANDRE FRANCISCO Last month, a key Senate panel passed a bill setting new requirements for overseas contractors in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Taking On Taxpayer Funded Human Trafficking

    http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2012/07/taking-on-taxpayer-funded-human-trafficking.html Jul 24, 2012 Taking On Taxpayer Funded Human Trafficking By JARED DURA and ANDRE FRANCISCO Last month, a key Senate panel passed a bill setting new requirements for overseas contractors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    G4S response to the Lou Pingeot report ‘Dangerous Partnership: Private Military Companies and the UN’

    G4S response to the Lou Pingeot report ‘Dangerous Partnership: Private Military Companies and the UN’ (24th July 2012) G4S is the world‟s leading provider of secure outsourcing solutions.   We are committed… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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