Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has sent a letter [1] (PDF) to Defense Secretary Robert Gates asking why contractors under criminal investigation were able to obtain millions of dollars in work from the federal stimulus program. In a story [2] co-published Monday morning in USA Today, we reported [3] that six companies suspected of defrauding a […]
Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets
EDT Last spring, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Iraq got a makeover,replacing the scandal-plagued Blackwater private security company with a firm named Triple Canopy. The new $1 billion contract cemented Triple Canopy’s status as the pre-eminent provider of private security services in Iraq, with its heavily armed employees appearing side by side with senior State […]
Pentagon Study Proposes Overhaul of Defense Base Act to Cover Care for Injured Contractors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress could save as much as $250 million a year through a sweeping overhaul of the controversial U.S. system to care for civilian contractors injured in war zones, according to a new Pentagon study. In the most extensive review ever of the taxpayer-financed system, the Pentagon suggested that the government could issue […]
How To Protect Yourself Against Crooked Contractors
Anytime that a homeowner contracts out work, the possibility of success is a coin-flip at best – that is unless they put considerable thought into the process before taking action. If you consider the endeavor in depth, you will soon realize that you are in essence entrusting your most valuable possession to a total stranger […]
Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care From AIG and Other Insurers
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington — Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding battle for basic medical care, artificial limbs, psychological counseling and other services. The insurance companies responsible for their treatment under taxpayer-funded policies have routinely denied the […]
AIG Faces Hearing on Denial of Medical Claims by Contractors Injured in Iraq and Afghanistan
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica – [originally posted] June 8, 2009 1:18 pm EDT Rep. Dennis Kucinich [1], D-Ohio, announced [2] today that a panel of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [3] will hold a hearing on June 18 to examine whether AIG and other major insurance carriers have inappropriately denied medical […]
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