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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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- Joseph Burwell on Former student blasts military school for private defense contractors
- Gomes Castro on Families of slain and injured sue Ericsson over claims it funded Middle East terror
- A United States in Perpetual War Should Consider a Foreign Legion as a Pragmatic Solution | NextBigFuture.com on LEGITIMIZING A DE FACTO U.S. FOREIGN LEGION IN AFGHANISTAN: TRANSFER OF MISSION CRITICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS FROM PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL
- Resource curse alive and well in Afghanistan - Antony Loewenstein on $488 Million Investment in Afghanistan’s Oil, Mining & Gas Industry at Risk
- Il Boom dei contractors in Africa – SURIYA HABIBATI on Mozambique: Hydrocarbon companies deny security deal with Erik Prince – AIM
Tag Archives: Contracts
Acquisition Processes and Contract Management
Audit Report 02-26-2015 Acquisition Processes and Contract Management The Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’s Controls Over the Contract Management Process for U.S. Direct Assistance Need Improvement (Redacted) (Project No. D2014-D000JB-0213.000)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
B-410431.9,B-410431.10, Mission Essential Personnel, LLC
B-410431.9,B-410431.10, Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, March 18, 2015 Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (MEP), of Columbus, Ohio, protests the failure of the Department of the Army, Intelligence and Security Command to award… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Man pleads guilty to bribing federal contractors
Updated: 7:49 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2015 | Posted: 5:24 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Man pleads guilty to bribing federal contractors Metin Atilan By Malik Perkins Staff Writer A former… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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In Carter We Trust?
In Carter We Trust? March 24, 2015The Project On Government Oversight has long voiced concerns about the cost of service contracts and the potential waste of billions of dollars. Service contract spending accounts… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Feds canceled Deloitte Palestinian contract on evidence of joint cover-up
Feds canceled Deloitte Palestinian contract on evidence of joint cover-up By Sarah Westwood | March 26, 2015 | 2:53 pm “Taking full credit” for the Palestinian farmers’ additional income “would go… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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DynCorp International; DynCorp International Awarded $56.0 Million Contract Modification to Provide Aviation Maintenance Services in Afghanistan
DynCorp International; DynCorp International Awarded $56.0 Million Contract Modification to Provide Aviation Maintenance Services in Afghanistan China Weekly News 31 March 2015 2015 MAR 31 (VerticalNews) — By a News Reporter-Staff… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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AAR Awarded Contract for Airlift Charter Services with UN
AAR Awarded Contract for Airlift Charter Services with UN News Staff posted on March 19, 2015 19:38 (Wood Dale, Ill., March 19, 2015) – AAR (NYSE: AIR) announces that AAR Airlift… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Texas riot prison loses government contract
Texas riot prison loses government contract Dylan Baddour, Houston Chronicle | March 18, 2015 Photo By JOE HERMOSA/VALLEY MORNING STAR FILE Detainees at the Willacy County Immigration Detention Center in Raymondville… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
DynCorp Extends Army Aviation Maintenance Support for $56M; James Myles Comments
DynCorp Extends Army Aviation Maintenance Support for $56M; James Myles Comments Anna Forrester March 17, 2015 James Myles DynCorp International will continue its aviation maintenance support for the U.S. Army under a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Vertically synchronizing operational contract support
Vertically synchronizing operational contract support Author(s): Ed Keller Defense AT & L. 41.3 (May-June 2012): p12. COPYRIGHT 2012 Defense Acquisition University Press http://www.dau.mil Full Text: The Department of Defense’s reliance on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading