http://mssparky.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:52:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://mssparky.com/2010/09/dyncorp-employees-killed-in-afghanistan/ http://mssparky.com/2010/09/dyncorp-employees-killed-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:52:07 +0000 Ms Sparky http://mssparky.com/?p=15616 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" I have just received a confirmed report there was a a September 6, 2010  attack on a forward operating base Howz-e-Madad in Kandahar province Afghanistan. This attack took the lives of three DynCorp LOGCAP IV employees and wounded several others. Dyncorp just released this: September 7, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Two Dyncorp employees killed at Kandahar
2. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated
3. Is Dyncorp hiring employees or asking for volunteers in Afghanistan?

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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:

1. Foreign National Guards Not Protecting US Troops In Iraq
2. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated
3. CWC hearing – Subcontracting: Who’s Minding the Store?

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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:

1. Dyncorp Afghanistan LOGCAP DPM “resigns”?
2. DynCorp International Inc. to Be Acquired By Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
3. KBR’s Bill Bodie resigns – Good F-ing Riddance!

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Former KBR PM/DPM Scott Mount, the one we all the love hate at MsSparky.com is apparently now a “former” Dyncorp DPM.   There is a whole lot of speculation surrounding his sudden “resignation”. Was he forced to “resign”? Did he see the handwriting on the wall and [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Is Dyncorp hiring employees or asking for volunteers in Afghanistan?
2. DynCorp – Ballhaus resigns
3. KBR, Dyncorp, Fluor and the LOGCAP IV transisition?

]]> http://mssparky.com/2010/08/dyncorp-afghanistan-logcap-dpm-resigns/feed/ 54 http://mssparky.com/2010/07/forecast-for-logcap-jobs-continued-above-average-growth/ http://mssparky.com/2010/07/forecast-for-logcap-jobs-continued-above-average-growth/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:17:35 +0000 Bruce Diggs http://mssparky.com/?p=14705 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The infrastructure supporting the civilian army now slated to wage a war thought from the beginning to last only a short time, will require a continuation of Civilian Contractor’s on the Battlefield albeit on a smaller scale – initially.  Although then President George W. Bush declared [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Fluor awarded LOGCAP IV Task Order for Haiti-Jobs Canceled (updated 4/29/2010)
2. KBR Cancels Jobs For LOGCAP
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" On July 26, 2010 the Commission on Wartime Contracting co-chaired by Commissioners Christopher Shays and Michael J. Thibault held a hearing on subcontracting risks in combat zones entitled Subcontracting: Who’s Minding the Store? I think this Commission could be one of the best things that has [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Commission on Wartime Contracting Aug 11, 2009 Hearing Videos
2. The Struggle to Police Foreign Subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Security company CEO is a “no-show” at CWC hearing

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" After reading the Washington Post article below I felt compelled to design a new recruiting flier for my friends at the Defense Department (DoD), State Department (DoS) and Justice Department (DoJ), all FREE OF CHARGE of course! It is regarding their “look the other way” policy [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Accountability no, rewards yes and other news
2. The Center For Public Integrity points out KBR’s human trafficking issues
3. The Struggle to Police Foreign Subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Herley in preliminary $10M settlement July 2, 2010  – Herley Industries, a Lancaster defense contractor, agreed to a $10 million preliminary settlement of a securities class-action lawsuit that accused the company of misleading investors from Oct. 1, 2001, through June 14, 2006. Herley and its former [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. DynCorp International Inc. to Be Acquired By Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
2. Blumenauer Seeks Answers from Secretary Gates on KBR War Contract, Impact on Oregon Guard
3. Gates Criticizes Bloated Military Bureaucracy

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" I have often mentioned the logistics side of private military contracting. It would be difficult not to, as it constitutes the overwhelming share of the industry And when you talk about logistics work, at least for the American military, you can’t avoid talking about LOGCAP, the [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. David Isenberg: DCMA and Contractor Oversight
2. David Isenberg – KBR: Failing Upwards
3. David Isenberg: DynCorp Begs to Differ

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" It has been awhile since I have done a wrap-up of happenings in the cesspool we know as government contracting.  Here is a list of recent events that have made the news.  Blackwater/Xe has won yet another ‘get out of jail free card,’ right on the heels of securing a [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Accountability no, rewards yes and other news
2. Karzai stands firm, Abu Dhabi gets a Prince and other news
3. Defending KBR’s honor; the case of the missing CHU’s and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" (This article is from an Irish newspaper. That’s why the American is being referred to as a foreign national. ) Two killed in Afghan raid Two foreign nationals were killed in a suicide bomb and commando attack on an Afghan police training centre in Kandahar today, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated
2. Dyncorp employees killed in Afghanistan
3. Attack on Kandahar Airfield injures soldiers and civilians

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" DynCorp seems to be making a proactive effort to support Earth Day by holding a “keep your burn pit clean day” at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan.  Oh wait it isn’t Earth Day, it’s “unauthorized” work day.   From what I can ascertain, one of Dyncorp’s “best and [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Is Dyncorp hiring employees or asking for volunteers in Afghanistan?
2. Why isn’t the DoD removing Dyncorp from Afghanistan?
3. Has DynCorp been issued a Level IV CAR?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Defense implements sexual assault rule By Robert Brodsky May 20, 2010 Companies that restrict victims of alleged sexual assault from pursuing legal action will not be eligible for future Defense Department contracts. On Wednesday, the department published an interim rule in the Federal Register that implements [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Defense contractors cringe at the thought the Pentagon will track the assault of their employees
2. KBR won’t get paid for abusing it’s employees anymore!
3. Defense contractors and their sex crimes go unreported and unpunished

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Officials assess Kandahar Airfield attack Sun May 23, 6:17 AM By The Canadian Press KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The International Security Assistance Force is assessing a brazen nighttime insurgent attack on Kandahar Airfield that injured civilians and military personnel. At least five rockets and mortars were fired [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Bagram Airfield attack kills U.S. contractor – Bryan Farr
2. Two Dyncorp employees killed at Kandahar
3. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" LOGCAP III Task Order continues support in Iraq May 5, 2010 By ASC Public Affairs The U.S. Army has announced that it will continue the LOGCAP III contract to provide life support services to U.S. Forces in Iraq until the scheduled withdrawal of those forces is [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Fluor awarded LOGCAP IV Task Order for Haiti-Jobs Canceled (updated 4/29/2010)
2. KBR Not Allowed To Bid On LOGCAP IV Task Orders?
3. KBR awarded $2.3B LOGCAP IV task order in Iraq after poor performance evaluation (updated 02/28/2010)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Oversight report: Construction of barracks for growing Afghan army delayed DEB RIECHMANN – Associated Press Writer -  April 30, 2010 KABUL (AP) — Construction of two barracks to house 5,800 soldiers in the growing Afghan army are months behind schedule and even after they’re built, the [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR Loses Afghanistan to Fluor & Dyncorp
2. Blackwater/Xe loses $1 Billion contract award after Dyncorp protests
3. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" If you have been reading “Ms Sparky” very long you know how I feel about the massive hiring of third country nationals (TCN’s) from SE Asia. This practice encourages human trafficking that appears to go unchecked. Many of these TCN’s were recruited under false pretenses and [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR And Their Third Country National Slaves
2. US Gov contractors have 20 days to get those illegal workers out of Iraq(update #3)
3. Defense contractors and their sex crimes go unreported and unpunished

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg: PMC and Sex Crimes David Isenberg – Huffington Post Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq (Praeger Security International) Posted: April 21, 2010 12:07 PM On April 16 the Department of Defense Inspector General released a report that nobody has been talking about. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. It’s no wonder the Pentagon won’t deal with Defense contractors and sex crimes
2. Defense contractors cringe at the thought the Pentagon will track the assault of their employees
3. Defense contractors must now air dirty deeds in public

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – Huffington Post Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq (Praeger Security International) Posted: April 20, 2010 09:57 AM In regard to my April 16 2010 post “The Contractors that Couldn’t Shoot Straight?” I received the below email yesterday. Dear David, At DynCorp [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Is the US State Department a subsidiary of Dyncorp?
2. Blackwater/Xe loses $1 Billion contract award after Dyncorp protests
3. David Isenberg: Would Blackwater Lie?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" In a recent email to KBR employees in Iraq it was made clear that KBR’s LOGCAP III contract employees WILL NOT transfer to KBR’s new LOGCAP IV contract without an offer. If  that offer is accepted by the employee they must then undergo medical and security [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Fluor’s LOCAP IV offer for KBR employees in Afghanistan
2. Army advised to improve strategy for transfer of logistics work
3. Will Dyncorp and Fluor protest the CTP task order award for LOGCAP IV

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