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Parameters
Autumn 2008
Steven L. Schooner |
Why Contractor Fatalities Matter Apprising the American public that the true human cost associated with military operations includes contractors and exceeds 6,000 is critical to making informed decisions for the future.   |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
Mark Cancian |
Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure The purpose of this article is to examine what battlefield contractors do, consider how we got to the situation we are in today, and provide force planners with some useful insight regarding the future. |
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2005
Harry Goldstein |
Who Killed the Virtual Case File? How the FBI blew more than $100 million on case-management software it will never use. |
BusinessWeek
July 17, 2006
Javers & Kopecki |
Tainted Past? No Problem Private-equity fund Veritas thrives by turning around sullied defense contractors. |
National Defense
December 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger. |
Salon.com
May 10, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
What is Washington trying to hide? The government outsources the war on drugs so it can point fingers at the private sector when the body bags start pouring in... |
Salon.com
June 27, 2002
Robert Capps |
Crime without punishment Investigators knew employees for U.S. military contractors in Bosnia bought women as sex slaves. But because of legal loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, no one was prosecuted. |
National Defense
January 2008
Alan L. Gropman |
Government Needs to Reexamine Rules for Battlefield Contractors The contractor headcount in Iraq nearly matches U.S. troop strength, which raises questions of whether the private sector's role in combat operations has outpaced regulatory, doctrinal and management practices. |
BusinessWeek
November 18, 2010
Giegner & Krause-Jackson |
After U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, the State Dept. Steps In The State Dept. is hiring thousands of contractors to help it assume duties in Iraq once the last of the troops departs in a year. |
Reason
July 2004
Jesse Walker |
Corporate Soldiers Employees of private security companies in Iraq had been losing their lives, particularly after the spring insurgency began, and the firms found they couldn't rely on the armed forces for protection. So businesses are contracting with each other for military and intelligence support. |
Salon.com
August 6, 2002
Robert Capps |
Sex-slave whistle-blowers vindicated DynCorp, a private military powerhouse, fired two employees who complained that colleagues were involved in Bosnian forced-prostitution rings. The employees went to court -- and won. |
National Defense
June 2011
Sandra I. Erwin |
Cries of 'Hollow Military' Stifle Rational Debate on Future Spending President Obama has called for $400 billion in Pentagon cuts over the next 12 years, and to some defense officials and lawmakers, this is just the opening salvo of a campaign to tear down the U.S. military. |
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Expand Work Force Based on Quality, Not Quantity, Warns Former Pentagon official The Defense Department should be careful in how it goes about expanding its acquisition work force |
National Defense
August 2009
Berenson & Jovovic |
How Companies Can Capitalize On U.S. 'Smart Power' Approach Companies seeking to capture new business under new administration defense policies need to be able to work with multiple divisions of the government. |
The Motley Fool
May 29, 2008
Rich Smith |
DynCorp Damaged Unfortunately, by pretty much any measure you choose, DynCorp failed to deliver last quarter. |
Salon.com
July 16, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
Good morning, Colombia Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity... |
National Defense
May 2013
Sandra I. Erwin |
Firms Think Twice Before Investing in DoD The Pentagon needs to get creative as it plans the weapons of the future, officials have said, and it needs private-sector help. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2007
Rich Smith |
L-3's Anti-Pyrrhic Loss The company loses a huge military translation contract, but really wins in the end. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Will DynCorp Deliver? In advance of earnings analysts expect defense contractor DynCorp to pick itself up after last quarter's stumble. |
