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- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
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Taxpayers pay for sky-high contractor salaries
Taxpayers pay for sky-high contractor salaries Taxpayers get not a nickel in added value from the pay hikes, the author writes. | Reuters By COLLEEN M. KELLEY | 5/7/12 9:25 PM… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Privatizing Asylum Housing: Serco and G4S Get UK Contracts
Privatizing Asylum Housing: Serco and G4S Get UK Contracts by Lily Smith, CorpWatch Blog May 8th, 2012 Over 100 asylum seekers are facing eviction in Glasgow after Serco – a private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Reimbursement Cap Raises Eyebrows, Too
Washington Post May 8, 2012 Pg. B4 Federal Diary Reimbursement Cap Raises Eyebrows, Too By Joe Davidson Uncle Sam isn’t as flush as he used to be, but he still has… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Defense Budget Casualties Light On Civilian Side
Washington Times May 7, 2012 Pg. 1 Defense Budget Casualties Light On Civilian Side Overhead costs rise quickly By Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times The Pentagon’s civilian workforce, which expanded dramatically… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
US military-industrial giant KBR in bidding to privatize British police forces
US military-industrial giant KBR in bidding to privatize British police forces Posted: May 02, 2012 7:36 PM EDT Updated: May 02, 2012 7:36 PM EDT Source: NewsCore LONDON — Giant US… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Guantánamo Bay contractor on shortlist to run UK police services
Guantánamo Bay contractor on shortlist to run UK police services US firm KBR, which helped build detention camp, among consortiums bidding to run police services in West Midlands and Surrey Alan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Review of Patriots for Profit: Contractors and the Military in U.S. National Security
Thomas C. Bruneau. Patriots for Profit: Contractors and the Military in U.S. National Security. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011. 288 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8047-7548-9; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8047-7549-6. Reviewed by… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Senators Call For Contractor Cuts To Match DoD Workforce Cuts
FederalTimes.com May 1, 2012 Senators Call For Contractor Cuts To Match DoD Workforce Cuts By Sarah Chacko Twenty-six Democratic senators are pressing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to cap the number of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Chapter Twelve
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ Chapter Twelve Posted: 04/29/2012 5:00 pm After ten years of operation by private military and security (PMSC) contractors in Afghanistan and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Lawmakers challenge the Pentagon’s reliance on service contractors
Lawmakers challenge the Pentagon’s reliance on service contractors By Charles S. Clark April 26, 2012 Cost-cutting moves by the Defense Department that include capping the number of civilian employees at 2010… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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