CACI is an IT firm that provided translators and interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison.
Interesting article in February 2007:
Are Contractors the 4th Branch of Government?
Documents obtained by POGO (which were the focus of the Sunday New York Times story “In Washington, Contractors Take On Biggest Role Ever”) are drawing attention to the federal government’s movement toward downsizing, but at the expense of hiring contractors to perform jobs that were once, and perhaps should be, performed by career civil servants. In fact, if you have ever contacted a federal agency you might have been talking or emailing with a contractor employee rather than a civil servant.
POGO’s most recent finding (pdf) involves the hiring of CACI to assist the General Services Administration (GSA) “in processing the backlog of suspension and debarment cases.” Simply stated, six CACI consultants were hired at $104 per hour for 3 ½ months to help determine if other federal contractors should receive future contracts. Although it nearly suspended or debarred itself, CACI was placed in a position to determine the future of government spending and federal contractors, including potential competitors of CACI.
The $380 billion question is why the government would contract out such a core government function – a function that should be performed by civil servants. Additionally, one has to question the lofty $343,000 (or nearly $60,000 per consultant) price-tag for the temporary work.
The outsourcing dilemma also raises the question of who is really controlling the American government. If so many jobs are being performed by contractor employees and senior-level appointees, is the government a government of the people or a government of corporate interests?
L3 TITAN Corporation is an IT firm that provided interrogators and translators at Abu Ghraib prison.
What you may not know about Titan:
Titan Corp briefly partnered with SkyWay Communications and owned stock in several other corporations related to SkyWay, whose former DC9 aircraft, N900SA, was captured in April 2006 with 5.5 tons of cocaine on board. Investigation of the cocaine bust by Mad Cow Morning News has led to the discovery that Titan had employed Makram Chams, a Lebanese national, who owned a Kwik-Check convenience store in Venice, Florida, where the biggest overseas money transfer to the terrorists, $70,000 from the UAE, was sent, according to the testimony of FBI agents during the 9/11 Commissionhearings.
Interesting article in February 2007:
Are Contractors the 4th Branch of Government?
Documents obtained by POGO (which were the focus of the Sunday New York Times story “In Washington, Contractors Take On Biggest Role Ever”) are drawing attention to the federal government’s movement toward downsizing, but at the expense of hiring contractors to perform jobs that were once, and perhaps should be, performed by career civil servants. In fact, if you have ever contacted a federal agency you might have been talking or emailing with a contractor employee rather than a civil servant.
POGO’s most recent finding (pdf) involves the hiring of CACI to assist the General Services Administration (GSA) “in processing the backlog of suspension and debarment cases.” Simply stated, six CACI consultants were hired at $104 per hour for 3 ½ months to help determine if other federal contractors should receive future contracts. Although it nearly suspended or debarred itself, CACI was placed in a position to determine the future of government spending and federal contractors, including potential competitors of CACI.
The $380 billion question is why the government would contract out such a core government function – a function that should be performed by civil servants. Additionally, one has to question the lofty $343,000 (or nearly $60,000 per consultant) price-tag for the temporary work.
The outsourcing dilemma also raises the question of who is really controlling the American government. If so many jobs are being performed by contractor employees and senior-level appointees, is the government a government of the people or a government of corporate interests?
L3 TITAN Corporation is an IT firm that provided interrogators and translators at Abu Ghraib prison.
What you may not know about Titan:
Titan Corp briefly partnered with SkyWay Communications and owned stock in several other corporations related to SkyWay, whose former DC9 aircraft, N900SA, was captured in April 2006 with 5.5 tons of cocaine on board. Investigation of the cocaine bust by Mad Cow Morning News has led to the discovery that Titan had employed Makram Chams, a Lebanese national, who owned a Kwik-Check convenience store in Venice, Florida, where the biggest overseas money transfer to the terrorists, $70,000 from the UAE, was sent, according to the testimony of FBI agents during the 9/11 Commissionhearings.
On June 3rd, 2004, Titan Corp. was acquired by L3 Communications, and is currently operating as the "Titan Group" of L-3 Communications
2 comments:
The cartoon correctly depicts Cheney in the middle of it all, and his correct motivation has him around the neck
I've seen this done before. When the US had hearing during the Dick Nixon days we had the same chain of GOP companies robbing the US Treasury. Even Howard Hughes was given Billions for a play we never used. Well at lease we see what the big bucks did for Howard Hughes as he fell.
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