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Did the Feds screw up the case against Agility on purpose?

Ms Sparky — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:35:00 +0000

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" What hell is going on here? I’m beginning to believe the DoJ and DoD screwed up this case on purpose so those 15 million pages of discovery don’t become a matter of public record and totally implicate the incompetence of the Department of Defense. Any other [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Fake chips threaten military

Forseti — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:17:25 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" By Steve Johnson – September 5, 2010 – A growing deluge of millions of counterfeit chips is posing peril to the military and the general public — and perhaps nothing illustrates it better than a scheme federal prosecutors recently revealed that stretched from Southern California to [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Pentagon protects perverts and other news

Forseti — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:55:02 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography John Cook – September 3, 2010 – A 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into the purchase of child pornography online turned up more than 250 civilian and military employees of the Defense Department — including [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Defense contractor employee (Dorothy Ellis) pleads guilty to bribery

Ms Sparky — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:54:40 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" By Robert Brodsky – September 3, 2010 (govexec.com) A senior employee of a Defense Department contractor pleaded guilty this week to playing a role in a bribery and bid-rigging conspiracy at a U.S. Army base in Kuwait — an investigation that has led to the arrest [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

KBR’s contracts are classified? What is the DoD hiding?

Ms Sparky — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:56:41 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Army Secretary says KBR contract still classified Published: Tuesday, September 01, 2010, 6:41 PM Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian The Army’s combat mission in Iraq has ended, but details of the no-bid contract it signed with Kellogg, Brown and Root before the war [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

The LTC Rocky Baragona Act (Part II)

Pam Baragona — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:18:50 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" This is Part II of The Rocky Baragona Act continued from The LTC Rocky Baragona Act (Part 1) Foreign Contracting and Human Trafficking Working to uncover the truth behind Rocky’s death, we learned that KGL truck drivers often complained of being trafficked; forced to deliver goods, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Oregon National Guard wins round 2 against KBR

Ms Sparky — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:21:13 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Oregon Guard suit against KBR goes forward on hexavalent chromium exposure Published: Monday, August 30, 2010, 7:30 PM Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian A federal judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit by Oregon Army National Guard veterans against war contractor Kellogg, Brown & [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Contractors resist US disclosure effort

Forseti — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:56:27 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Database lists fraud and shoddy work Bryan Bender, Globe Staff - August 30, 2010 – WASHINGTON — Defense companies and other major industries are hoping to block disclosure of their own fraudulent or substandard performance in federal contracts, despite a mandate this year by Congress that such [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

DoD awards Agility $25M contract extension after suspension

Ms Sparky — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:00:23 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" First of all I find it interesting this award was posted on a Saturday. Was the DoD/DLA hoping no one would notice?? Here is the official FBO (FedBizOps.com) notice of Agility’s 6-month contract extension for Defense Distribution Depot Kuwait, Southwest Asia (DDKS). Although it clearly states [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

The Struggle to Police Foreign Subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

Forseti — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:14:17 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Billions at Stake, but U.S. Investigators Stymied by Murky Rules, Enforcement Obstacles By Nick Schwellenbach – August 29, 2010 To win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Iraq, military experts want U.S. companies to contract with local firms for a variety of tasks like trucking, feeding [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Rogue jurors, indictments, plea deals etc.. – the news

Forseti — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:25:23 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Employee of Federal Contractor Charged with Disclosing National Defense Information to National News Reporter August 27, 2010 – WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has returned an indictment charging Stephen Jin-Woo Kim with unlawfully disclosing national defense information to a reporter [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

KBR warns employees about media tactics

Ms Sparky — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:24:42 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" “Bad reporter! Bad!!” It’s very amusing how KBR sends out these “Media Advisories” preparing employees for the “impending attack of reporters”. Those crafty underhanded tricksters! Out to extract KBR’s sin and secrets from the innocent unsuspecting KBR employee! KBR makes these reporters sound like a seductive [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Another KBR employee Daniel Freeman pleads guilty to taking bribes (updated)

Ms Sparky — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:21:36 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Updated: August 28, 2010 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Press Release with more information. Updated: August 27, 2010 – Bloomberg updated this article with KBR’s comments from Heather Browne verifying Daniel Freeman was in fact a former KBR employee. Click HERE for [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Philippine Government makes concessions for illegal workers in Iraq

Ms Sparky — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:59:37 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" On July 23, 2010 MsSparky.com broke the story of CENTOM’s order to remove all illegal Nepalese and Filipino workers from Iraq. The Nepalese Government caved and are now allowing their citizens to stay in Iraq. Now the Philippine Government has followed suit and are essential giving [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Defense Cover-up Management Agency (DCMA) – Part 1

Keven L. Barnes — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:51:55 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" This is Part 1 in a series of original articles to be published on MsSparky.com by former DCMA QAR Keven L. Barnes discussing his personal experiences with the oversight of KBR’s LOGCAP III contract. We all know Dick Cheney’s agenda when he directed the LOGCAP III [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Karzai stands firm, Abu Dhabi gets a Prince and other news

Forseti — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:00:15 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Karzai Stands Firm on Disbanding Private Security Afghan President Says Stoning of Couple Was Afghan Government ‘Failure’ JOSHUA MILLER – August 22, 2010— Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, pledged to disband private security firms in his country within four months in an exclusive interview on [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

DynCorp – Ballhaus resigns

Forseti — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:47:11 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Dyncorp International President and CEO Announces Departure, Successor Named FALLS CHURCH, Va. (August 20, 2010) – DynCorp International (DI) today announced that Steve Gaffney will become the company’s chief executive officer and president effective August 25, 2010, the date that current CEO and president, Bill Ballhaus, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Blackwater/Xe smuggled weapons into Iraq in dog food containers and still gets USG contracts

Ms Sparky — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:26:36 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Blackwater Reaches Deal on U.S. Export Violations By JAMES RISEN Published: August 20, 2010 WASHINGTON — The private security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide, long plagued by accusations of impropriety, has reached an agreement with the State Department for the company to pay $42 million in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

DoD says KBR failed to perform at a level deserving an award fee

Ms Sparky — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:21:28 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KBR Loses $24.1 Million Fee Over Green Beret’s Death By David Voreacos and Tony Capaccio -B loomberg – Aug 19, 2010 KBR Inc., the largest contractor in Iraq, must defend a wrongful-death lawsuit by the parents of a Green Beret who was electrocuted while showering in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

The State Department says no more foreign private security guards for them

Ms Sparky — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:03:26 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" In an email that was just sent out by Dyncorp International CIVPOL it looks like there may be another mass exodus if Third Country National (TCN) workers from State Department facilities (embassies) in Iraq and most likely Afghanistan as well. See email below. ALCON, The ADPM [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky: