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Industry News : Regs, Laws, Oversight
Panel wants to limit activities of private firms in war zones
Legislation unveiled Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee would bar private contractors from performing "inherently governmental functions" in combat zones or other "highly hazardous public areas."
Friday, May 2, 2008

Industry News : Regs, Laws, Oversight
Clinton Introduces Legislation to Prevent Contractors that Violate Criminal Laws from Obtaining Federal Contracts
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that she introduced legislation that will bring new transparency to the federal contracting process and help prevent contractors that have violated criminal laws from receiving federal contracts.
Monday, April 28, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Two Contractors Still Missing
Both Kirk von Ackermann and Ryan Manelick worked for Ultra Services of Istanbul, Turkey.
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Industry News : About the Industry
Contractors Cost-effective: Myth or fact?
If you've heard it once, you've heard it countless times: Governments and corporations turn to private military contractors because it is more cost-effective than using regular military forces. But is it true?
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Families of abducted contractors eagerly await word
SOUTHCOM officials say rescuing the three U.S. hostages in Columbia remains a top priority, but families of the men say they�re frustrated by the lack of progress.
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
Former employees claim ArmorGroup lied to US
Two former employees have filed a lawsuit against ArmorGroup, charging the security firm with lying to the US state department in order to win a $187m contract to protect the American embassy in Kabul.
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Body recovered in Iraq is that of kidnapped contractor Cote
A body recovered in Iraq was identified Wednesday as that of Jonathon Cote, an Army veteran who was working as a contractor when he was kidnapped with four others more than a year ago.
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Industry News : Crimes - Investigations
Witness describes taking bribe in return for Kuwaiti contracts
Anthony Martin, formerly of Kellogg, Brown and Root, admitted that Wadih Al-Absi, founder of First Kuwaiti General Trading & Contracting Co., agreed to pay him $50,240 for contracts on refrigerated trucks to aid troops stationed in Kuwait.
Friday, April 18, 2008

Industry News : Crimes - Investigations
Contractor�s Article 32 hearing concludes
The Article 32 hearing for a contractor in Iraq accused of stabbing another interpreter has concluded, military officials said Thursday.
Friday, April 18, 2008

Industry News : Regs, Laws, Oversight
House backs bill to end payroll tax dodging by contractors
The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that would stop federal contractors from avoiding payroll taxes by hiring American employees through offshore shell companies.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Industry News : Crimes - Investigations
Military hearing opens for contractor charged in Iraq
A military hearing began Tuesday for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army translator in Iraq � the first such military prosecution since the Vietnam War.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Industry News : Regs, Laws, Oversight
U.S. military Charges Contractor in Iraq: First Case of New Law
The U.S. military has charged a contractor with assault in a case that may emerge as a major test of the military's legal jurisdiction over civilians who accompany the armed forces into the field, military officials and legal experts said Friday.
Monday, April 7, 2008

Industry News : Regs, Laws, Oversight
DOD Adopts Final Rule Concerning Contractors
DoD has adopted as final, with changes, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement DoD policy regarding contractor personnel authorized to accompany U.S. Armed Forces deployed outside the United States.
Friday, April 4, 2008

Industry News : Crimes - Investigations
No record of contractor's certification as disadvantaged business
A 22-year-old Miami-based defense contractor under investigation for delivering faulty munitions to Afghan security forces saw his business boom after being incorrectly labeled as a small disadvantaged business.
Friday, April 4, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Fifth Contractor Remains ID'd in Iraq Kidnapping
The FBI on Friday identified the remains of an Austrian contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq with four Americans. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko confirmed the victim was Bert Nussbaumer, who was working for Crescent Security Group when he and the others were abducted in November 2006.
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Industry News : Regs, Laws, Oversight
Pentagon Asserts Authority Over Contractors
Five years into the Iraq War, the most heavily outsourced war in history, the Pentagon has issued a memorandum clearly giving authority of military commanders over the civilian contractors in their areas of operation.
Friday, March 28, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Found: 3 More Bodies of Kidnapped American Contractors
The remains of three American contractors kidnapped in southern Iraq have been recovered, according to U.S. officials, confirming ransom negotiation experts' predictions that the contractors were executed.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Bodies of kidnapped U.S. contractors found
The remains of two U.S. contractors who were kidnapped in Iraq have been found, FBI officials said Monday. The bureau identified the two as Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, abducted on January 5, 2007, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri, who was captured on November 16, 2006.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Families of Captive Contractors in Iraq Cling to a Grisly Find
For the families of five American contractors kidnapped in Iraq more than a year ago, the months of waiting with no news of their fate have made for a battle of hope against dread. This month has come news, but of an inconclusive sort: that severed fingers delivered to the United States authorities in Iraq had been shown by DNA analysis to be those of four of the missing Americans and an Austrian who worked with three of them.
Sunday, March 23, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Keeping Death Off the Books: Media ignore contractors killed in Iraq
As the Iraq War begins its sixth year, a significant number of deaths connected to the invasion have remained off the books, uncounted by the U.S. military and seldom noticed by the media.
Thursday, March 20, 2008