http://mssparky.com Wed, 16 May 2012 11:27:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mssparky.com/2012/05/maybe-this-is-why-the-pmsc-industry-is-supposedly-cost-effective/ http://mssparky.com/2012/05/maybe-this-is-why-the-pmsc-industry-is-supposedly-cost-effective/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:33 +0000 Forseti http://mssparky.com/?p=29555 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – (Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire) – May 15, 2012 – Continuing on with the topic of worker exploitation let’s turn to a recently published, and unfortunately overlooked, article “Cheap help from Uganda” published in Le Monde diplomatique in France.. The article’s subtitle “Slaves [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Showing The PMSC Sector The Money
2. KBR maintains that their strong arm policy is effective
3. Cost plus….minus oversight breeds corruption

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Lindell Kay And Mike Mchugh – (The Daily News) – May 15, 2012 – A wide-reaching investigation by military and civilian authorities has uncovered a criminal conspiracy within the Armed Forces to steal and sell nearly $2 million in guns and combat gear to gangs in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Former Army contracting officials indicted
2. Indicted ex-Army officials sue U.S. government in S.A.
3. U.S. fines BAE $79 million, Rock Island rewards BAE with $10 million

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Peter Van Buren – (Huffington Post) – May 14, 2012 – The New York Times reports that the State Department, in the face of massive costs and Iraqi officials who say they never wanted it in the first place, slashed and may soon dump entirely “a [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. State Department Refuses to Cooperate in Audit, Criticized for Handling of Iraqi Police Program
2. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated
3. Is the US State Department a subsidiary of Dyncorp?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Former Abu Ghraib prisoners can sue contractors over alleged abuse -court CACI International and L-3 not entitled to early appeal Cases will resume in Virginia and Maryland courts Terry Baynes – (Reuters) – 11 May 2012 – A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived two lawsuits [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Appeals court sends Jamie Jones’ Rape Case To Court
2. L-3 & CACI may be off the hook in Abu Ghraib torture scandal
3. Hexavalent chromium exposure: Federal judge rules Oregon vets lawsuit against KBR can go directly to appeals court

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" NEIL GORDON – (POGO) – May 10, 2012 – The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recently unsealed its opinion and order in the nearly four-year fight by KBR to recoup the $41 million it claims the U.S. Army owes under the LOGCAP III contract in Iraq. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Alleged multi-million dollar kickback scheme involving NAVSEA contractor
2. Federal Court Upholds Right to Sue Jordanian Defense Contractor in U.S.
3. Appeals court sends Jamie Jones’ Rape Case To Court

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Stealing from the government — whether its money, sensitive information, or military equipment — rarely goes down well. But it’s the breach of trust committed against fellow troops which is so glaring. As the release states, Minter and Nock stole funds intended to support U.S. service [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Ex-defense contractor indicted on charges of stealing and selling US military ammo in Iraq
2. Former DoD Employee Tyrone Ellis pleads guilty to stealing funds meant for soldiers in need
3. Former Army Major Eddie Pressley and wife Eurica found guilty on 22 charges

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Joe Newman – (POGO) – May 7, 2012 – For Vinnie Tuivaga, the offer was the answer to a prayer: A job in a luxury hotel in Dubai–the so-called Las Vegas of the Persian Gulf–making five times what she was earning as a hair stylist in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. New Legislation Includes POGO’s Recommendations for Ending Human Trafficking in U.S. War Zones
2. Your Tax Dollars Are Supporting Human Trafficking In Iraq
3. Is KBR guilty of Human Trafficking in…..Americans?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Bryan Rahija  – (POGO) – May 7, 2012 – Pentagon investigators mishandled more than half of a set of whistleblower reprisal cases, according to a damning internal assessment report obtained by the Project On Government Oversight. The Washington Post and iWatch News published stories on the [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Internal report issues black eye for U.S. Embassy in Kabul
2. Electrical review turns up 3,700 fires in Iraq not the 483 reported!
3. Pentagon Watchdogs Rarely Side With Military Whistleblowers

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Banking group, which has £8.5m slice of CSC, is under pressure along with other City investors from human rights charity Rupert Neate – (Guardian UK) – May 6, 2012 – Lloyds Banking Group has become embroiled in a row over its investment in a company accused [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. L-3 & CACI may be off the hook in Abu Ghraib torture scandal
2. DOJ Wants American Contractor’s Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld Dismissed
3. Judge says American defense contractor can sue Rumsfeld personally over torture allegations (Updated 08/10/2011)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Mike Francis – (The Oregonian) – May 4, 2012 – Lawyers in the lawsuit filed by a set of Oregon National Guard soldiers against KBR Inc., the Houston-based military contractor, have filed dueling briefs following the soldiers’ assertion that KBR knowingly concealed a key document from [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR asks federal judge to dismiss case brought by Oregon soldiers
2. Blackwater/XE: No Rules – No Limits – No Bail (Updated links 04-17-2010)
3. KBR stilling fighting Oregon National Guard Troops over Qarmat Ali exposures

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Alan Fram – (Associated Press) – WASHINGTON – May 3, 2012 – It was a curious offer to contractors from a government agency: We’ll give you a tax deduction for making federal buildings more energy efficient if you qualify and if you’ll write us a check [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR accused of retaliating against whistleblower George Price
2. Air Force mortician pays price for whistleblowing
3. Pentagon goes soft on deficient contractors

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – (Huffington Post) – May 3, 2012 – I confess: I have an interest in an unseemly topic. Last year I coauthored a report on the subject and testified before Congress about it. The subject is labor trafficking. So let’s give credit where it [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. David Isenberg: Some Things Are Just Unacceptable
2. David Isenberg: Now Will You Do Something?
3. David Isenberg: PSCs on Drugs

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Mark Memmott – (NPR) – May 3, 2012 – Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was frustrated with “regional jihadi groups and his seeming inability to exercise control over their actions” in the last few years before he was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs. That’s “the most [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR sues the Department of Defense over documents
2. Troops in Mideast Have More Respiratory Ills, Data Show
3. Electrocuted soldier’s family, KBR battle over documents

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The Department of Defense (DoD) is taking a major step in stopping the waste of taxpayer dollars. POGO recently learned that DoD sent a legislative proposal to Congress to narrow the definition of a “commercial item” to mean goods or services that are actually sold to [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Jose Mendez & 2 others indicted in FMASO procurement fraud scheme
2. Pentagon procurement, a carpetbagger’s dream come true
3. Gladly pay you on Tuesday for a CHU today – DynCorp’s pay problems continue

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Today the office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) has released its latest quarterly report. Here is what happening with private contractors in Iraq. ~David Isenberg, SIGIR Speaks US watchdog reports funds available for relief, reconstruction during Iraq war are believed to have [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR Seeks to Blame U.S. Army, Insurgents for Iraq Convoy Deaths
2. Pentagon can’t account for nearly $2 billion in Iraqi funds
3. Afghan insurgents shoot down US helicopter killing 37 (Updated 08/11/2011 with names of fallen)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" …Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War, an indictment of the rape “epidemic” within the U.S. military, has brought swift action from the Pentagon… …Dick’s film, filled with heartbreaking accounts of sexual assaults against both female and male soldiers, often at the hands of their military superiors, gets [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. 180 Volts From Water Stream To Ground
2. 180 Volts From Water Stream To Ground #2
3. A matter of interpretation and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Federal Indictment Charges former Naval Engineer and His Father in $10 Million Bribery and Kickback Conspiracy Highlights of the indictment include email exchanges among the confederates that are full of kickback directions in coded language; emailed complaints from an annoyed Mariano about delayed payoffs; details of [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Indicted Navy contractor resigns from Middletown company (Updated 2/14/2011)
2. ASFT Executive to Plead Guilty to Navy Kickback Scheme Charges
3. “Know When to Hold ‘Em”

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The e-mail arrived in James Charles Cafferty’s inbox on July 14, 2011. Unlike most unsolicited e-mail on the Internet, the message did not pitch mortgages, get rich quick scams, or penis pills. Instead, it provided a link to an under-the-radar child pornography website and the password [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Former KBR employee Keith Strimple sentenced to just over 2 years on child porn charge
2. Former KBR employee sentenced for child porn
3. NSA Panama City contractor charged in child porn case

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Related Articles: More Secret Service sex secrets not-so-secret – (Click HERE for article) Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks on Human Trafficking for the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series – (Click HERE for article) Senators to inquire about gov. contractor angle in secret service scandal – [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Military ensnared in Colombia Secret Service scandal
2. KBR’s Big Secret….Shhhh Don’t Tell Anyone In Iraq or Afghanistan!
3. Security experts question Army reservist’s top secret clearance

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" “More Cost….More Plus” as the KBR managers used to say! Ryan Abbott - (Courthouse News) – WASHINGTON – Defense contractor KBR cannot deflect fraud claims by accusing the U.S. government of failing to provide “force protection,” a federal judge ruled. Formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Judge to Seal Filings in KBR False Claims Suit
2. Lockheed Martin & SAIC settle False Claims Act case for bid rigging at NAVO
3. DoJ starts the new year with Maersk false claims settlement

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