David Isenberg: SIGIR Reports: Hey, Anybody Know What Happened to the $2 Billion?
The latest Quarterly and Semiannual Report of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction was released January 30. What follows are relevant excerpts of some of the more noteworthy contractor related activities.
David Isenberg: Why PMSC Can’t Use Kant
Private Military Security Contract (PMSC) workers could sort of be considered like Mexican migrant workers. Yes, some people think they shouldn't be doing the work but the real problem is with the people who hire them.
David Isenberg: FAR 49.402-4(b) to the Rescue
PMCs cannot simply be uprooted from their roles abroad and replaced by military personnel because, there are not enough military personnel to replace them. Thus, part 49 of the FAR to the rescue.
David Isenberg: When to Contract, Not How to Contract: That Is the Question
Typically, discussion of private military and security contracting focuses on what people actually do when they are fulfilling their contracts. But just as important is the process by which such contracts were approved in the first place.
David Isenberg: Why JAGs Won’t Be Prosecuting PMCs
If you are waiting for a future episode of JAG where military lawyers try a PMC, don't hold your breath.
David Isenberg: A Future of PMC Pushers?
Anyone who has ever used a contractor for anything knows they all have one thing in common, aside from actually doing the job. And that is to do more jobs for you in the future. In short they want your continued business.
David Isenberg: Pedagogic Military Contractors: Blackwater, the Academy and the "ιδιÏÏικÎÏ ÏÏÏαÏιÏÏικÎÏ Î±Î½Î¬Î´Î¿ÏοÏ"
As what was Blackwater, then Xe, sails off into the sunset and Academi unfurls its sails, I wish it well. As they say, third time's the charm.
David Isenberg: Putting the [(P)op Culture] in PMC
For an industry which, ignoring historical antecedents as the British East India company, is only a couple of decades old, the private military and security contracting industry has made a very big impression in popular culture.
David Isenberg: Showing the Private Military Contracting Sector the Money, Redux
For those who have not taken a Capitalism 101 course it is, of course, robust competition that makes the private sector's invisible hand work properly.
David Isenberg: From PMC to CMSP: Thinking Strategically About Private Contractors
While the quantity and quality of literature on the subject has both increased in volume and improved in quality, it is still rare to find publications which focus on the strategic impact of private military and security contractors.
David Isenberg: Miles to Go
The state of the U.S. governmental acquisition process being what it is, namely overwhelmed and under resourced, it has miles to go before we can sleep comfortably about U.S. tax dollars being used wisely.
David Isenberg: It’s Two Lanterns for the Maritime PSC Industry
In case you haven't noticed, all of a sudden maritime security contracting seems to have turned a corner in gaining both industry, and more importantly, governmental approval.
