http://mssparky.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:34:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mssparky.com/2012/01/david-isenberg-gun-check-radio-check-lawyer-check/ http://mssparky.com/2012/01/david-isenberg-gun-check-radio-check-lawyer-check/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:46:06 +0000 Ms Sparky http://mssparky.com/?p=27546 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

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:

1. DynCorp, EEOC settle harassment, retaliation suit
2. EEOC sues DynCorp for hostile work environment in Iraq (Updated)
3. David Isenberg: KBR is Asking for It

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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:

1. Neil Gordon: Two Former Watchdogs Ring in the New Year on the Other Side of the Revolving Door
2. A Tip for Dealing with TIPS
3. Pentagon Watchdogs Rarely Side With Military Whistleblowers

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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:

1. EEOC sues DynCorp for hostile work environment in Iraq (Updated)
2. David Isenberg: Gun? Check. Radio? Check. Lawyer? Check!
3. DoD no longer reimburses contractors for harassment and discrimination

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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:

1. Neil Gordon (POGO): ‘Stoner Arms Dealer’ Gets 14-Year Ban from Federal Contracting
2. Pentagon Watchdogs Rarely Side With Military Whistleblowers
3. Dealing: Even Ex-Federal Watchdogs Are Doing It

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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:

1. Dyncorp Wins Afghan Police Training Contract Despite Scandals
2. US firm DynCorp fell short on Afghan police training
3. Dyncorp Afghan police trainer honored in “100 Faces of War Experience”

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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:

1. Poor Contracting Oversight Supports Human Trafficking; Erodes U.S. “Moral Standing”
2. Organized Labor Wants To Help U.S. Workers Overseas
3. TIPs for the DoJ on filing their case against KBR (Updated 5/3/2011)

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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:

1. Smuggled Contract Laborers in Afghanistan: The Tip of the Iceberg (POGO)
2. Fraud and Mismanagement by American companies threatens US mission in Afghanistan
3. Is the US State Department a subsidiary of Dyncorp?

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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:

1. Hall of shame inducts/indicts new members & other news
2. L-3 & CACI may be off the hook in Abu Ghraib torture scandal
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" 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:

1. T Christian Miller on Bill Carlisle and Injured War Contractors
2. The Other Victims of Battlefield Stress; Defense Contractors’ Mental Health Neglected
3. KBR sent convoy despite knowing danger; 6 die; many injured

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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:

1. Iraq wants to limit private security contractors
2. Afghan presidential decree bans security firms
3. KBR’s legacy to our MNF-I allies, cancer causing chemicals and fear

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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" 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:

1. Contractors in Iraq are hidden casualties of war
2. Contractor Deaths Accelerating in Afghanistan as They Outnumber Soldiers
3. David Isenberg: DCMA and Contractor Oversight

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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:

1. Ferreting out fraud and other news
2. Pentagon persists in patronizing perps & other news
3. Tyrants of the Pentagon and other news

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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:

1. DynCorp contractor Sean Brehm sentenced to 42 months for stabbing in Afghanistan
2. Neil P. Campbell pleads guilty to accepting illegal payments for Afghanistan contracts
3. Former U.S. Army Major Pleads Guilty to Bribery Related to Contracting in Support of Iraq War

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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:

1. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated
2. DynCorp employee Kevin Davis killed in Christmas Day attack in Afghanistan
3. Dyncorp Employee, Mark Fitzpatrick killed in Afghanistan

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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:

1. What’s PRESENTLY Bothering Stan Soloway?
2. Court ruling a setback to Kuwait’s Agility (Updated 03/30/2011 with link to court ruling)
3. Defense contractors must now air dirty deeds in public

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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:

1. Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearing June 7, 2011
2. Commission On Wartime Contracting Hearing September 14, 2009 Video
3. Commission on Wartime Contracting Aug 11, 2009 Hearing Videos

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" DynCorp Cited By U.S. For Afghan Base Deficiencies Tony Capaccio – (Bloomberg) – March 27, 2011 – DynCorp International Inc., the largest U.S. contractor in Afghanistan, was warned by Pentagon officials in January that it is failing to adequately inspect and repair in a timely manner [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Has DynCorp been issued a Level IV CAR?
2. Casey Releases Latest Letter from Petraeus on Electrocutions
3. Two Senators Send Letter To Unseal Wartime Contracting Commission Records

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" DynCorp Is Two Years Late Finishing Afghan Barracks Construction By Tony Capaccio – Mar 8, 2011 1:36 PM PT DynCorp International Inc., the largest contractor in Afghanistan, is running two years late in completing construction of a barracks for use by Afghan security forces, according to [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. DynCorp just can’t seem to “Get ‘er Done” in Afghanistan
2. DynCorp Wins $10M Punitive Damages Appeal
3. DynCorp’s deviants participate in “bacha bazi” in Afghanistan (updated)

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"Who will replace Joe Schmitt?" Schmitt's chair isn't even cold yet and I'll bet you the likes of Frazier Shack, Wade Wingate and the other KBR reject managers Dyncorp so eagerly hired under Scott Mount's reign are just all a twitter at the possibilities. Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Dyncorp Afghanistan LOGCAP PM & DPM resign (Updated)
2. Lattes & lock-up for project manager & financial analyst
3. KBR, Dyncorp, Fluor and the LOGCAP IV transisition?

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