Charging forward and other news

Michael Riddle once served as a senior employment manager for Dyncorp International, Incorporated (“Dyncorp”). He alleges that Dyncorp contracted to create a database for the United States government, but took no meaningful steps toward fulfilling its obligations. He further alleges that when he protested Dyncorp’s inaction on the database project, he was marginalized at work and eventually terminated, on September 21, 2009.

The judgment of the district court is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings. ~ January 5, 2012 – RIDDLE v. DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED (Case No. 11-10155)

Defense firm cuts 200 jobs locally
Thomas Gnau - (Dayton Daily News) – January 7, 2012 — Computer Sciences Corp. said Friday it will remove more than 200 employees and contractors from their jobs with a government computer modernization project.

Heather Williams, a spokeswoman for Falls Church, Va.-based CSC, said she could not say how many of those people will be reassigned or laid off.

“I think that’s possible for anybody,” Williams said.

In a statement, CSC said the cuts were part of “a series of associated incremental staff reductions.” A “reassignment services” team will help affected employees, the statement said. The statement did not address how many employees will be affected.

CSC has more than 200 Beavercreek employees, Williams said. She could not say how the “roll-offs” — her term for the job cuts — will affect local employment. The company has an office at 3560 Pentagon Park Blvd.

In September, the company said it would remove about 165 people from their jobs after the Air Force criticized CSC’s performance and stopped funding for a phase of the Expeditionary Combat Support System project. The jobs cuts were to take place in late September, but Williams said Friday she did not know how many of those employees were ultimately laid off. (Click HERE for article)

Agility due to submit preliminary motion to US court prior to 24 Jan hearing
John Everington – (dealReporter) – January 6, 2011 – Agility is due to submit a preliminary motion to a US court prior to a hearing on 24 January in response to a lawsuit filed against it by the US government, a person close to the Kuwaiti company told dealReporter.

The person confirmed that the next hearing in the US Justice Department’s case against Agility and its Kuwait-based subsidiary Agility DGS Logistics will occur in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division on 24 January. Both the prosecution and defence will present their views on the case thus far to US District Judge Alan J. Baverman, who will then schedule the timetable going forward, the person said.

The person said that the judge has ordered Agility and Agility DGS Logistics to submit preliminary motions to the court prior to the hearing. He said that such a submission is expected in early to mid-January. “From the preliminary motion we will get a sense of where Agility feels that [the Department of Justice’s] case is weak,” the person said. (Click HERE for article)

TRICARE Providers Not Considered Federal Contractors Under NDAA
On December 31, 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law. Section 715 of the law exempts TRICARE providers from coverage as federal contractors. TRICARE is the federal government’s healthcare program for active duty and retired military members and their families.