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Family Says DynCorp Lied About Killing

Forseti — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:38:31 +0000

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Glynis Farrell – (Courthouse News) – DETROIT – March 6, 2012 – A family claims in Federal Court that DynCorp International covered up the shooting of their son, who allegedly was shot to death by a drunken co-worker in Iraq. The family of the late [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Grounds for debarment or too big to fail?

Ms Sparky — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:22:50 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Suspend a Big Government Contractor. “Too big to fail” is a term thrown around the financial world quite a bit these days, but apparently it applies to the government contracting industry as well. As it stands right now, there are large contractors that would never make [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

We want our $60 billion back!

Ms Sparky — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:05:17 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" After four years of fighting the good fight and spending countless hours at my computer documenting the rampant Fraud, Waste and Abuse of U.S. tax dollars in the hands of DoD contractors, I have submitted a petition on We the People. We the People was set [...] 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:

Dealing: Even Ex-Federal Watchdogs Are Doing It

Forseti — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:09:10 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Dina Rasor – (Truthout | Solutions) – January 12, 2012 – Several years ago, I pushed for a revival of the old “Truman Committee” in the US Congress to look at war fraud and profiteering in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I had just written a [...] 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:

Neil Gordon: Two Former Watchdogs Ring in the New Year on the Other Side of the Revolving Door

Forseti — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:47:04 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" NEIL GORDON – (POGO) – January 5, 2011 – Welcome to another episode of “As the Washington Revolving Door Turns.” The two latest ex-government officials to land jobs with private companies formerly served as very high-profile watchdogs of those companies. The first revolver is Michael Thibault, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Afghan police arrest 2 GardaWorld employees accused of illegal arms transport

Forseti — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:54:54 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Afghanistan arrests British contractors with guns AHMAD MASSIEH NESHAD – (Associated Press) – KABUL, Afghanistan – January 5, 2011 – Afghan police arrested two British private security contractors and two Afghan colleagues and ordered their company closed down after finding a cache of weapons in their [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Hearing: Are Government Contractors Exploiting Workers Overseas? or Does the end justify the means? (updated 11-2-2011)

Ms Sparky — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:33:35 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Witnesses Panel I Ms. Liana Wyler, Senior Analyst Congressional Research Service Mr. David Isenberg, Independent Analyst and Writer Mr. Nick Schwellenbach, Director of Investigations, Project on Government Oversight Mr. Sam W. McCahon, Founder McCahon Law Panel II The Honorable Kenneth P. Moorefield, Deputy Inspector General for [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

State Dept. IG Finds Waste and Mismanagement on Afghanistan Contract

Forseti — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:53:08 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" NEIL GORDON – (POGO) – The Commission on Wartime Contracting (CWC) may be history, but the need for a contingency operations watchdog of the CWC’s caliber will never go away. In fact, just as the CWC was closing up shop last week, the State Department Inspector [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Scandal in Mistreatment of Silent Service Members

Forseti — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:27:56 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Scott J. Bloch – September 28, 2011 – I like representing heroes. I did it in the federal government, helping whistleblowers who were taking it on the chin for protecting us. One of the more rewarding things I had the privilege of doing in government as [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

T. Christian Miller – Injured War Contractors Sue Over Health Care, Disability Payments

Ms Sparky — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:21:45 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" T. Christian Miller – (ProPublica) – September 27, 2011 – Private contractors injured while working for the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan filed a class action lawsuit [1] in federal court on Monday, claiming that corporations and insurance companies had unfairly denied them medical treatment [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

How private firms have cashed in on the climate of fear since 9/11

Forseti — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:02:35 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The past ten years have seen the growth of a national security industrial complex that melds government and business Paul Harris in New York – (Guardian UK) – September 5, 2011 – Charles Smith always enjoyed visiting US troops aboard. Though a civilian, he had worked [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Windfalls of war: KBR, the government’s concierge

Ms Sparky — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:47:28 +0000

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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:

The Uncounted Contractor Casualties

Ms Sparky — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:38:26 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – The PMSC Observer & Huffington Post Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq (Praeger Security International) Of all the things said and written about private military and security contractors working for the U.S. government in various war zones one of the least [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Bloopers, boondoggles and other news

Forseti — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:03:35 +0000

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Now, it’s “really” down—to $131.6 billion—for 2012. That averages out to about $360 million a day…or $250,000 a minute. Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

U.S. Army Contractor Pleads Guilty to Assault in Relation to Stabbing at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan

Forseti — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:22:45 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Brehm was working at the air terminal when he got into an argument with a British citizen who was working for the U.S. Agency for International Development. ~Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON – (DoJ) – April 12, 2011 – A U.S. Army contractor pleaded guilty to assault [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Body of Dyncorp employee still in Afghanistan over a week later -Why? (updated)

Ms Sparky — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:39:10 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Updated April 10, 2011: Adam Carney’s body has finally been returned to his family, nearly two weeks after his death. You can read that article HERE. It’s an absolute atrocity it took that long. I encourage the family to have their own autopsy performed. ~Ms Sparky [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Lobbying the court of public opinion

Forseti — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:22:38 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" If you wonder what exactly I am talking about see the article by Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council., published yesterday I can see it now: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

Word of the day ‘clawback’ – Commission Hearing March 28, 2011

Forseti — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:54:55 +0000

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Nothing starts the week out better than a good cup of coffee and listening to the Commission on Wartime Contracting grilling a witness on the ineptitudes of wartime contractors. It makes it worthwhile to get up on Monday morning, when you can turn on C-Span, with [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky: