Daily Archives: January 20, 2016

MoD cans DBS contract with Serco – bringing payroll and HR in-house

MoD cans DBS contract with Serco – bringing payroll and HR in-house By Sooraj Shah Follow Sooraj on Twitter 12 Jan 2016 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has opted not to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Muckety map for Xe Services

Here is is a Muckety map for Xe Services as a non-interactive image: To see and expand relations, expand groups, move and/or delete boxes, and save your map as an image,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Federal Court Dismisses DynCorp’s Amended Complaint Against AAR Airlift

Federal Court Dismisses DynCorp’s Amended Complaint Against AAR Airlift PALM BAY, Fla., Jan. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — AAR Airlift Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), announced that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Twitter Sued by Victim’s Family for Allowing ISIS Accounts

Twitter Sued by Victim’s Family for Allowing ISIS Accounts by Chriss W. Street17 Jan 2016  Newport Beach, CA18 The family of a 46-year-old former Florida Sheriff killed while providing police training… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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DFAT troubleshooter to sort Baghdad security

DFAT troubleshooter to sort Baghdad security Paola Totaro The Australian January 18, 2016 12:00AM The senior bureaucrat responsible for approving the beleaguered $51 million private contract to guard Australia’s embassy in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Tory Michael Gove defended private jail firm G4S without mentioning it’s still under a fraud probe

  Tory Michael Gove defended private jail firm G4S without mentioning it’s still under a fraud probe 16:36, 17 Jan 2016 Updated 15:15, 18 Jan 2016 By Dan Bloom The Tory… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Ancient and Modern: The mercenaries of IS and ancient Greece

Ancient and Modern: The mercenaries of IS and ancient Greece Jihadi warriors boast that they don’t fear death… but what when the money to pay them runs out? Peter Jones 16… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Young boys recruited to be ISIS mercenaries

EXCLUSIVE Young boys recruited to be ISIS mercenaries January 16, 2016 8:52 pm FOREIGN-trained mercenaries of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) took advantage of the pitiful plight of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Afghanistan Waste Exhibit A: Kajaki Dam, More Than $300M Spent and Still Not Done

Afghanistan Waste Exhibit A: Kajaki Dam, More Than $300M Spent and Still Not Done A Senate subcommittee is looking at waste by a Pentagon task force. It would do well to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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