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Judge moves to streamline (Oregon National Guard) soldiers’ case against KBR

Ms Sparky — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:23 +0000

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Published: Thursday, February 09, 2012, 2:20 PM Updated: Thursday, February 09, 2012, 2:33 PM By Mike Francis, The Oregonian An unspecified number of the 34 Oregon National Guard soldiers suing contractor KBR Inc. over their exposure to sodium dichromate in Iraq will have their cases [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Paper or plastic and other news

Forseti — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:21:22 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Fed / Contractor Compensation Issues Are Burning Red Hot Scott Amey – (POGO) – February 3, 2012 – Compensation was a hot topic this week–here’s a recap of the biggest developments: Monday: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a study that found that federal employees, on [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

David Isenberg: Gun? Check. Radio? Check. Lawyer? Check!

Ms Sparky — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:46:06 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – (Huffington Post) – January 20, 2012 – Some things just seem to go together: day and night, bread and butter, Romeo and Juliet, Abbott and Costello, Crosby and Hope, Batman and Robin, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Cheech and Chong, Sonny and Cher, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

KBR, Halliburton Won’t Face Trial in Iraq Convoy Driver Deaths, Court Says

Ms Sparky — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:31:36 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk - Jan 12, 2012 3:55 PM CT (Bloomberg News) – Halliburton Co. (HAL), won’t face a jury on claims they sent unarmed civilian convoy drivers into an Iraqi battle zone in 2004, knowing the workers would be injured or [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

KBR Driver Prevails in Suit Over Convoy Danger in Iraq

Ms Sparky — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:44:30 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KBR Settles Suit Over Driver’s Claim Company Knew of Danger to Iraq Convoy By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins – Jan 10, 2012 10:17 AM PT KBR Inc. (KBR) settled a lawsuit brought by an injured convoy driver who claimed the company sent civilians [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

DynCorp, EEOC settle harassment, retaliation suit

Forseti — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:19:18 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Retaliation was the most common discrimination charge against a federal employer last year, according to a report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ~ Jolie Lee, Federal News Radio Ruben Gomez – (Federal News Radio) – January 9, 2012 – Virginia-based Dyncorp International will pay $155,000 [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Charging forward and other news

Forseti — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:51:52 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" 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 [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Judge allows late documents but penalizes victims in Qarmat Ali suit againt KBR

Ms Sparky — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:55:24 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Let me get this straight, Judge Papak is allowing KBR to bill the soldiers and surviving family members for legal fees that the taxpayer is obligated to pay because the Pentagon, in their infinite wisdom, gave KBR an indemnity clause in their contract that covers their [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

DoJ starts the new year with Maersk false claims settlement

Forseti — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:08:44 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Maersk Line to Pay Us $31.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Afghanistan and Iraq (DoJ) – WASHINGTON – January 3, 2011 – Maersk Line Limited has agreed to pay the government $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Ryan we haven’t forgotten you

Ms Sparky — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:07:12 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The war in Iraq is all but over and our troops have pulled out. It’s been four years today since 24 year old SSG Ryan Maseth was electrocuted and died while showering in his living quarters at Radwaniyah Palace Complex in Baghdad. Ryan’s courageous mother, Cheryl [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Not so fast and other news

Forseti — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:15:18 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Contractor linked to mistaken deaths After deaths of 15 Afghans in 2010, Army learned that U.S. civilian played a role using drone video feeds. David S. Cloud – (STL Today) – WASHINGTON – December 31, 2011 – After a U.S. airstrike mistakenly killed at least 15 [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Ripped Off in Iraq, Class of Guards Claims

Forseti — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:40:48 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Nick Divito – (Courthouse News) – LAS VEGAS – December 21, 2011 – A private security guard in Iraq says in a class action that his employer SOC Nevada made its employees work up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, in “ultrahazardous conditions” [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

U.S. Army protects KBR from willfull misconduct in Iraq

Ms Sparky — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:12:05 +0000

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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:

Lawmakers Secure Provision in NDAA to Bring Transparency to War Contracting Process

Ms Sparky — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:03:43 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Blumenauer, Wyden, Schrader, Merkley Secure Provision in NDAA to Bring Transparency to War Contracting Process Thursday, 15 December 2011 17:57 Amendment A Legislative Response To Classified Immunity Deal For Contractor KBR That Exposed Oregon National Guardsmen To Toxic Chemicals In Iraq WASHINGTON – Today, Congress sent [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

KBR stilling fighting Oregon National Guard Troops over Qarmat Ali exposures

Ms Sparky — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:37:42 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KBR, Oregon soldiers back in federal court over medical claims Friday By Mike Francis, The Oregonian Lawyers for military contractor KBR Inc. will ask a federal judge in Portland Friday to rule against a group of 34 Oregon Guard soldiers who say the contractor knowingly exposed [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Filling ‘er up on your dime & other news

Forseti — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:37:14 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" According to a recent Bloomberg report, a single agency within the Pentagon – the Defense Logistics Agency – wasted $7.1 billion over three years by double ordering parts. It would take 10 years of food stamp fraud to match that amount. Meanwhile, the government has squandered [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Was McCreight a menace or ‘mentor’ to medal of honor recipient?

Forseti — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:34:41 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Ex-Marine fires back at Medal of Honor recipient He says allegations of ridicule are ‘absurd.’ Craig Kapitan – (San Antonio Express-News) – December 9, 2011 – A San Antonio-based supervisor for a military contracting firm facing a defamation suit by Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Judge to Seal Filings in KBR False Claims Suit

Ms Sparky — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:49:32 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Rose Bouboushian – (Courthouse News) – December 9, 2011 – Halliburton and KBR can redact portions of their motion to dismiss claims that they knowingly billed the United States for fictitious services, a federal judge ruled. The whistle-blower, Benjamin Carter, worked as a reverse osmosis water [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Firefighters Say They Were Stiffed in Iraq

Ms Sparky — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:52:46 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Ryan Abbott – (Courthouse News) – WASHINGTON – December 8, 2011 – In a federal class action, 28 firefighters say Wackenhut, KBR and Halliburton forced them to work around the clock in Afghanistan and Iraq but paid them for only half their time, and responded to [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Agility Unit Sues U.S. to Lift Freeze on Military Contracts (with links to court filings)

Forseti — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:21:40 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Laurence Viele Davidson – (Bloomberg) – December 7, 2011 – A unit of Agility, the Kuwaiti storage and logistics provider, sued to lift a freeze on government contracts imposed after the company was accused of defrauding the U.S. Agility Defense & Government Logistics Services called the [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky: