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- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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Category Archives: Outsourcing/Privatization
G4S police outsourcing considered despite Olympic fiasco
G4S police outsourcing considered despite Olympic fiasco Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:5PM Three British police forces have agreed to continue investigating plans to outsource office services to private security contractor G4S… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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TRICARE Outsources Addiction Treatment With Little Oversight
NextGov.com August 14, 2012 TRICARE Outsources Addiction Treatment With Little Oversight By Bob Brewin To cope with a growing population of drug- and alcohol-addicted personnel, the Defense Department has outsourced substance… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Sparks fly over rethink on outsourcing
August 14, 2012 8:49 pm Sparks fly over rethink on outsourcing By Gill Plimmer and Helen Warrell The chief executive of a big outsourcing company hit out at ministers on Tuesday… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Hammond: G4S Row Shows Private Sector Limits
Hammond: G4S Row Shows Private Sector Limits The Defence Secretary admits problems with security provision for the Olympics revealed the limits of private contractors. 10:30am UK, Tuesday 14 August 2012 Video:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Another shambles as G4S is entrusted with running asylum seeker housing
Another shambles as G4S is entrusted with running asylum seeker housing John Grayson , 9 August 2012 While the world’s biggest security firm has suffered international humiliation over its mishandling of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Where Money & Markets Don’t Belong
Where Money & Markets Don’t Belong August 16, 2012 Jeremy Waldron What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 244 pp., $27.00… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Choosing the right way to outsource
Choosing the right way to outsource After G4S, public sector organisations should weigh up the true costs and benefits of outsourcing to external providers John Alford and Janine O’Flynn Guardian Professional,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Outsourcing of Abbeywood may endanger troops
Outsourcing of Abbeywood may endanger troops 30-July-2012 by Western Daily Press Plans to hand control of the MOD base at Abbeywood to a private company have been criticised by leading defence… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Comparing Compensation for Federal and Private-Sector Workers: An Overview
Comparing Compensation for Federal and Private-Sector Workers: An Overview David H. Bradley, Specialist in Labor Economics July 30, 2012 Congressional Research Service 7-5700, R42636 Summary Recently there has been significant congressional… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Plan to privatise equipment agency could endanger troops, report warns
Plan to privatise equipment agency could endanger troops, report warns Thinktank raises concerns over MoD proposal to bring in private contractor to operate defence equipment and support agency Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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