The hidden world of civilian contractor injuries
The Los Angeles Times and ProPublica spent more than 18 months examining the hidden world of civilian contractor injuries. Reporters and photographers tracked down and interviewed more than 200 contractors, family members, government, military and corporate officials. The Times also reviewed more than 10,000 pages of court documents, previously undisclosed government reports and internal corporate communications. Read more
Overseas contractor jobs by the numbers
This new update reports on DoD contractor personnel numbers and covers DoD contractor personnel deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) as of December 31, 2008. Read more
Introducing Combat Operator Radio and Ezine
Jake Allen, an American security contractor currently living in Norway, has launched CombatOperator.com, which includes an ezine called Sitrep and a podcast called Combat Operator Radio. Read more
PMCs, KBR and the Peanut Butter Crisis
There were two big stories that the media chewed on last week:
KBR announced it has been awarded a $35.4 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transatlantic Programs Center, Winchester, Va., for the Phase II design and construction of a convoy support center at Camp Adder in Iraq.
