The following is a email communication I received from the Office of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction alerting me about a breach of security at a Coalition controlled facility. Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Hello, Today SIGAR (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) released an alert letter to the Secretary of Defense highlighting evidence that a […]
Construction Contractors: How to protect your workers and finances
Some working environments are, by default, more dangerous than others. The hazardous nature of the construction site, as a workplace, is more than apparent when we take a look at the annual statistics. The frequency of accidents in which workers get injured surpasses almost any other working environment by a long shot. Also, the numbers […]
Civilian employees and military contractors will be “furloughed” in government shutdown, says Hagel
On September 30 2013, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel issued a press briefing to discuss aspects of the impending government shutdown at midnight tonight. What he said was incredibly disturbing, in that admitted that the shutdown will adversely impact the military as well be an unnecessary distraction for service members fighting in combat zones like […]
Reliance Industries Limited Chooses Foster Wheeler As Its Contractor for Jamnagar Project
A press release dated 8th November, 2012, officially announced Reliance Industries Limited choosing Foster Wheeler As Its Contractor for its paraxylene project at Jamnagar in Gujarat. The Jamnagar Refining will be undergoing a multi- billion dollar expansion and this project will serve to be a part of the same. Based on the contract, Foster will […]
‘CAG’s report detrimental to both contractors & government’
<p>After presenting its final report on audit of Reliance Industries Limited‘s (RIL’s) KG-D6 gas block, Comptroller and Audit General (CAG) body has invited a lot of negative press as far its process of gauging industry procedures is concerned.</p> <p>CAG, in its audit draft report, had lashed out against RIL for allegedly overstating its costs, while […]
U.S. Contractor DAI Announces Plans to Train Pakistani NGOs, On Its Own Dime
Development Alternatives Inc [1]., a major American development contractor, will open a center in Pakistan to train local nongovernmental organizations to obtain and carry out foreign-funded development projects, the company announced [2] today. The move follows the Obama administration’s decision [3] to move its aid spending in Pakistan away from U.S. contractors and NGOs, and […]
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