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Edward Snowden and the National Security Industrial Complex

Edward Snowden and the National Security Industrial Complex by Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch/IPS* June 17th, 2013 Cartoon by Khalil Bendib When Edward Snowden, an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton – a military contractor based in McLean, Virginia – blew the whistle on the … Continue reading

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Special Ops Command Extends Booz Allen’s IT Management Deal

Special Ops Command Extends Booz Allen’s IT Management Deal By Bob Brewin June 13, 2013 The folks in the Special Operations Command’s contracting shop evidently have no intention of letting the largest leak of top secret intelligence in history keep … Continue reading

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Contractors Battle over $600 Million CIA Computing Contract

June 14, 2013 Contractors Battle over $600 Million CIA Computing Contract A fight between Amazon Web Services and IBM U.S. Federal over a $600 million contract to provide cloud computing services to the Central Intelligence Agency gives a rare glimpse … Continue reading

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DynCorp International to Provide Logistics Support Services to Marine Corps

June 11, 2013, 9:47 a.m. EDT DynCorp International to Provide Logistics Support Services to Marine Corps   FALLS CHURCH, Va., Jun 11, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — DynCorp International (DI) announced today that it has been awarded a position on a … Continue reading

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Phase Zero Contracting Operations (PZCO)—Strategic andIntegrative Planning for Contingency and Expeditionary Operations

Phase Zero Contracting Operations (PZCO)—Strategic andIntegrative Planning for Contingency and Expeditionary Operations 2 May 2012 by E. Cory Yoder, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business & Public Policy William E. Long, Jr., Professorof Contract Management Defense Acquisition University Dr. Dayne … Continue reading

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Iraq: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

  State Department Iraq: The Gift that Keeps on Giving By Mark Thompson  June 06, 2013 AFP / Getty Images The new $750 million U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad, under construction. Follow @TIME Seems that while pretty much all U.S. … Continue reading

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DOJ warns of fallout in Army-KBR contract dispute

DOJ warns of fallout in Army-KBR contract dispute Jun. 4, 2013 – 01:40PM By JIM McELHATTON The outcome of a court battle between the Army and KBR over the final stages of LOGCAP III, the largest government services contract in … Continue reading

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DynCorp to Lease, Manage Military Equipment in Afghanistan; George Krivo Comments

DynCorp to Lease, Manage Military Equipment in Afghanistan; George Krivo Comments Published by Naomi Johnson on June 4, 2013 DynCorp Internationalhas won a potential three-year contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency manage military equipment supplies at seven sites in … Continue reading

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Defense Logistics Agency Awards DynCorp International Contract Valued at up to $11.2 Million to Provide Material Handling Equipment and Maintenance Support in Afghanistan

June 03, 2013 03:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time Defense Logistics Agency Awards DynCorp International Contract Valued at up to $11.2 Million to Provide Material Handling Equipment and Maintenance Support in Afghanistan FALLS CHURCH, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded … Continue reading

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Hillary Turned Over Embassy Security to Hired Guns

Hillary Turned Over Embassy Security to Hired Guns June 3, 2013 By Michael Volpe As a US Senator, Hillary Clinton sponsored legislation to ban the US State Department from hiring private security contractors in Iraq, but as Secretary of State, … Continue reading

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