http://mssparky.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:45:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mssparky.com/2012/01/kbr-asks-federal-judge-to-dismiss-case-brought-by-oregon-soldiers/ http://mssparky.com/2012/01/kbr-asks-federal-judge-to-dismiss-case-brought-by-oregon-soldiers/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:42:22 +0000 Ms Sparky http://mssparky.com/?p=27665 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Mike Francis – (The Oregonian) – January 27, 2012 – Lawyers for defense contractor KBR Inc. asked a federal judge in Portland Friday to dismiss the suit brought by a group of Oregon National Guard soldiers who said the KBR knowingly exposed them to a carcinogenic [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR asks judge to throw out Oregon soldiers suit
2. Judge moves to streamline (Oregon National Guard) soldiers’ case against KBR
3. Halliburton argues that Oregon federal judge lacks jurisdiction over hexavalent chromium case

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Indemnification clauses are nothing new in defense contracting. Many defense contractors  now have or have had in the past, contracts with the Pentagon containing indemnity provisions. These provisions potentially immunize the contractors from legal accountability for harm caused during the implementation of their contracts. Indemnification clauses [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Lawmakers Secure Provision in NDAA to Bring Transparency to War Contracting Process
2. Army veteran’s lawyer argues to reinstate KBR lawsuit
3. Myths, Misconduct and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KIM CALANTROPO - (Courthouse News) – RICHMOND, Va. – October 10, 2011 – A Marine who was electrocuted while trying to install a wiring box at the military base near Fallujah, Iraq, cannot pursue negligence claims against defense contractor Kellogg Brown & Root, the 4th Circuit ruled. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Another day another lawsuit filed against KBR
2. Adam Hermanson of Triple Canopy Electrocuted In Shower In Iraq
3. Northwest Arkansas Family Mourns Marine Killed in Afghanistan (Updated)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" …Minutes of a June 14-15 meeting between TF RIO, KBR, and Iraqi State Company for Oil Projects representatives noted that “chemical treatment should [be] selected based on widely available nontoxic commodity chemicals.” However, e-mails between KBR personnel in late June indicated a decision from corporate headquarters [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Oregon soldiers sue KBR for chemical exposures
2. KBR asks judge to throw out Oregon soldiers suit
3. KBR files motion to dismiss lawsuit filed by Oregon National Guard soldiers

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Many western multinational companies have been indicted for paying bribes to Nigerian government officials to secure contracts running into billions of dollars. One of the high profile cases involved former US vice president, Dick Cheney. He was head of the American oilfield services company, Halliburton when [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. A few hundred million (tax dollars) amongst friends & other news
2. The spoils of sole sourcing & other news
3. The Pentagon’s “revolution” & other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Dina Rasor – (Truthout | Solutions) – September 21, 2011 – On December 31, 2011, the United States has committed to the government of Iraq that they will be removing their troops and contractor personnel. The US State Department will remain in a diplomatic role with [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR And Others Lose Immunity In Iraq
2. Senate Investigates Counterfeit Parts in Military Equipment
3. CENTCOM rewards KBR’s dismal LOGCAP performance with $3.8 billion MATOC Contract

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Saudi Arabia-Based Tamimi Global Company to Pay U.S. $13 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Allegations of Kickbacks and Illegal Gratuities KBR Subcontractor Provided Dining Services in Iraq and Kuwait (DoJ) – WASHINGTON – September 16, 2011 – Saudi Arabia-based Tamimi Global Company Ltd (TAFGA) has [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Contractor settles False Claims at Ft. Bliss Army Base
2. Vodka butt-shot contractor ArmorGroup settles with DoJ, how they will celebrate?
3. Tamimi wins round one against mega giant KBR

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KBR’s umbrella contract to provide everything from showers to rebuilding airfields tops $37 billion. “It’s like a gigantic monopoly,” says one critic. After a decade of war, KBR’s umbrella contract tops $37 billion Sharon Weinberger – (The Center for Public Integrity – iWatch News) – August [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Army’s LOGCAP contract is epic failure
2. KBR Loses Afghanistan to Fluor & Dyncorp
3. KBR’s LOGCAP III contract extended in Iraq LOGCAP IV task orders canceled

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" On August 2 we reported: KBR Awarded $500M Base Life Support (BLS) for State Department in Iraq under LOGCAP IV. KBR was awarded the task order by the U.S. Army Contracting Command under its current Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) IV contract to execute the LOGCAP [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR Awarded $500M Base Life Support (BLS) for State Department in Iraq under LOGCAP IV (updated)
2. Fluor Drops Protest of $500 Million KBR Iraq Support Contract
3. Will Dyncorp and Fluor protest the CTP task order award for LOGCAP IV

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg has more than 20 years experience analyzing U.S. defense, foreign policy, national and international security issues. He is a published author and has appeared on television and radio. He has a BA in International Studies and an MA in International Affairs. He has testified [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR Subcontractor Accused of Human Trafficking Continues to Win U.S. Contracts
2. You Want Chicken Pox With That? by David Isenberg
3. KBR Investigating Human Rights Issues?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Apparently some very significant changes will be implemented on the new LOGCAP IV Task Order 4, BLS contract which will directly affect employees right in the wallet. Below is an email from KBR’s LOGCAP IV Principal Program Manager Mike Mayo. LOGCAP IV Program Management Office 4100 [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Will Dyncorp and Fluor protest the CTP task order award for LOGCAP IV
2. KBR awarded $2.3B LOGCAP IV task order in Iraq after poor performance evaluation (updated 02/28/2010)
3. KBR Awarded LOGCAP IV Task Order for Bahrain

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Updated: Here is the original solicitation on this Task Order. Below is the email from KBR’s LOGCAP Principal Program Manager, John Cusick announcing the award and KBR’s Press Release. —–Original Message—– From: William Gahlbeck on behalf of FDXBKBR – LOGCAP III HQ ME Sent: Tue 8/2/2011 [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR awarded $2.3B LOGCAP IV task order in Iraq after poor performance evaluation (updated 02/28/2010)
2. Fluor protests $500M BLS award to KBR in Iraq
3. ITT awarded Kuwait Base Operations and Security Support Services (K-BOSSS)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Charles M. Smith – (Truthout | Solutions) – July 27, 2011 – In response to the high readership of last week’s column, I asked Charles Smith to go more in depth on the problem of conflict of interest in Department of Defense (DoD) contracting. He found [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Contractors and Government: Till Death Do Them Part
2. Army’s LOGCAP contract is epic failure
3. Sallyport Wins KBR LOGCAP Contract and Transitions in 60 Days

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" (The Bunnatine Greenhouse segment is after the Noraway attacks. I couldn’t figure out how to separate them or fast forward. It’s well worth your patience.) EXCLUSIVE: Fired Army Whistleblower Receives $970K for Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contract in Iraq Bunnatine “Bunny” Greenhouse, the former chief oversight official [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Vodka butt-shot contractor ArmorGroup settles with DoJ, how they will celebrate?
2. Tamimi, the unlucky “13th defendant” settles with the U.S.
3. T. Christian Miller – Injured War Contractors Sue Over Health Care, Disability Payments

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KBR Awarded U.S. Central Command’s Multiple Award Task Order Contract BusinessWire – June 30, 2011 KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it has been awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District the U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC). This [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR awarded $2.3B LOGCAP IV task order in Iraq after poor performance evaluation (updated 02/28/2010)
2. DynCorp & AECOM team up & win shot at contract worth $9.7 billion
3. KBR’s LOGCAP III contract extended in Iraq LOGCAP IV task orders canceled

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – (CorpWatch) June 27, 2011 Najlaa International Catering Services won a $3 million five-year contract in February 2010 to prepare food for the U.S. Agency for International Development compound in Iraq. The deal was approved despite the fact that Bill Baisey, CEO of the [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR Subcontractor Accused of Human Trafficking Continues to Win U.S. Contracts
2. David Isenberg: Now Will You Do Something?
3. CWC hearing – Subcontracting: Who’s Minding the Store?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has just released an informative in depth report into the human trafficking offenses of a significant KBR Dining Facility (DFAC) subcontractor Najlaa International Catering Services. It was researched and written by David Isenberg and Nick Schwellenbach. David Isenberg has been [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Poor Contracting Oversight Supports Human Trafficking; Erodes U.S. “Moral Standing”
2. KBR Didn’t Know About Human Trafficking?? That’s BS
3. KBR And Human Trafficking In Iraq

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Updated March 22, 2011: Corrections made and funeral information added-See below. Sadly, another KBR truck driver has lost his life while supporting our troops. I don’t have a lot of information on this yet but was told KBR truck driver Johnnie “High Stepper” Smith died in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Lt. General Paul Cerjan dies in Florida at age 72 (Updated 05/01/2011 W/Obituary)
2. KBR might seek federal funds in truck driver case
3. Anham LLC accused of outrageous overbilling in Iraq (Updated 7/31/2011)

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As Sunshine Week draws to a close, this foundational block of wisdom should be shouted from the rooftops, whispered in hearing rooms, but more importantly, carried out in their day-to-day operation of government. Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Secret squirrels squandering tax dollars & other news
2. Unscrupulous contractors feasting on tax dollars & other news
3. U.S. fines BAE $79 million, Rock Island rewards BAE with $10 million

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" 3 years ago today, 24 year old  SSG Ryan Maseth entered the shower in his Special Forces living quarters at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex in Baghdad, Iraq and he died. He was electrocuted do to an improperly installed water pump on the roof of his building. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Second company sued in SSG Ryan Maseth electrocution death
2. KBR loses appeal in the electrocution death of SSG Ryan Maseth (update #2)
3. KBR wants the Ryan Maseth wrongful death lawsuit to be heard in Iraqi court? I’ll bet they do!

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