Ed Blacke was the Health, Safety and Environmental Coordinator for KBR at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant near Basra, Iraq. He was fired after warning workers they were being exposed to the cancer causing chemical, sodium dichromate. Yes, sodium dichromate is the once little known carcinogen made very public in the movie Erin Brochovich.

An [...]

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KBR loses out to DynCorp in Kuwait. The DoD has started it’s transistion to LOGCAP IV and KBR and DynCorp have 100 days to make the transistion.
How does this affect current KBR employees in Kuwait?
Will the wages change?
I can only hope DynCorp is committed to a higher level of safety and quality. And it won’t [...]

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An Associated Press article came out this morning and I guess it makes an appropriately disgusting Halloween post.
KBR 3Q profit rose 35 pct as revenue climbs
Associated Press 10.31.08
KBR, which provides engineering services to the energy sector and the government, said Friday its third-quarter profit rose 35 percent as a newly-acquired business and work on Gulf [...]

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This article just came out in The New York Times and was published in Europe yesterday. I have to say…Jim Risen is my new favorite reporter.
Pentagon Finds Company Violated Its Contract on Electrical Work in Iraq
By James Risen
Published: October 24, 2008
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has rebuked its largest contractor in Iraq after a series of [...]

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I just can’t believe it. After all the heinous atrocities KBR is accused of. After receiving a Level III Corrective Action Request (CAR) in Iraq. After being accused of killing our soldiers and civilians due to their negligence. After being accused of providing bad water and bad food to our troops. After being accused of [...]

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KBR was issued a Level III Corrective Action Request (CAR) approximately 12 days after Congressman Waxman, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform brutally called KBR, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the  Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)  to task for their roles in the lack of oversight and maintenance at Radwaniyah Palace [...]

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