According to the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) — Desbuild Incorporated, has been awarded $12,216,944.00 for design and construction of a New Marine Security Guard Residence (MSGR). The project will consist of the design and construction of a MSGR, renovations to the consulate office building. The work will be at the new U.S. Embassy in Belmopan. The work […]
BACKGROUND: This report updates DoD contractor personnel numbers in theater and outlines DoD efforts to improve management of contractors accompanying U.S. forces. It covers DoD contractor personnel deployed in Afghanistan (Operation Freedom’s Sentinel) and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). KEY POINTS: In 2nd quarter FY 2015, USCENTCOM reported approximately 45,400 contractor […]
Camp Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan was not a particularly hospitable base for the tens of thousands of U.S. Marines and other troops who surged there towards the end of the last decade. Sandstorms regularly swept through the treeless landscape, and attacks on the base by Taliban forces claimed lives. The base's initial name was "Tombstone." […]
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is a global leader in next-generation IT services and solutions with approximately 76,000 employees around the world. CSC announced plans to separate the company into two publicly traded, pure-play leaders: one to serve commercial and government clients globally and one to serve public sector clients in the U.S. “CSC began its turnaround […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's growing effort to beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government, a senior U.S. official said. How many contractors will deploy to Iraq - beyond the roughly 1,800 now working there for the […]