David Isenberg: PSC = Privateering Security Contractor
Privateers will be motivated by a bounty whether funded by the public coffers or via collections from civil penalties against pirate assets. Issued in tandem with bounties, letters of marque provide an efficient way to confiscate pirate vessels prior to attacks.
David Isenberg: What’s in a Name? That Which We Call a Roseate PMSC
Still the vagueness, regardless of how deliberate it may be, of many firms has often bugged me. Perhaps it is because I'm a Capricorn but I prefer directness. And I think most people actually do understand that the world being what it is that there is a need for guys with guns.
David Isenberg: Take My Koch Brothers — Please
Given that some of the people the Koch brothers want to put on CATO's board are firmly in the neocon camp, one doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to see that a Koch-controlled CATO Institute is one big win for unbridled militarism and one big setback for those advocating small government and individual liberty....
David Isenberg: The State Department Tells Us How They Really Felt: Part 3
From a taxpayer's perspective we can accept a company may try its best but it may still screw up. That is why any government contract must have sufficient, qualified contracting officers riding herd on the company.
David Isenberg: 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 = DynCorp
if an actual person working for DynCorp, or any other contractor, received ratings like this on their performance assessment the door would be hitting them in the back as they left the office. Yet DynCorp still gets government contracts.
David Isenberg: PSC = Private Security Counterterrorist
Has the role of private military and security companies been overlooked since the al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001? With everything that has been written and said about the subject, from Afghanistan to Iraq and KBR to Wackenhut Services, it is difficult to think that is the case.
David Isenberg: The State Department Tells Us How They Really Felt: Part 2
Today we look at Dyncorp's work in Pakistan during the November 25, 2009 to July 7, 2010 time period. There is good and bad news for Dyncorp.
David Isenberg: The State Department Tells Us How They Really Felt: Part 1
These documents provide information on how the State Department rated its contractors on criteria such as quality, cost control, business relations, timeliness of performance and customer satisfaction.
David Isenberg: State or Non-state: Ay, There’s the Rub
Despite all the pieces of national legislation that have been introduced in recent years the heart of the issue is that most PMSC exist to operate somewhere outside the country they are headquartered in. That makes then an international, not a national legal issue.
David Isenberg: The DynCorp "See No Evil" Monkey
The issue is not DynCorp; trafficking in and exploitation of people, whether for labor or sexual services, is the problem.
David Isenberg: The DynCorp "See No Evil" Monkey
The issue is not DynCorp; trafficking in and exploitation of people, whether for labor or sexual services, is the problem.
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.
