KBR Inc. invoked federal laws shielding contractors during wartime in an effort to avoid a Texas trial over injuries claimed by troops who were exposed to toxic chemicals while guarding a work site in Iraq. KBR argued today before a U.S. Court of Appeals panel in El Paso, Texas, that contractor-on-the-battlefield statutes act as a […]
AECOM Technology Corp. has won a $110 million contract to provide the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with conflict mitigation support services for their work in South Sudan. The South Sudan Viable Support to Transition and Stability program builds on a previous initiative that AECOM launched in 2009 in aid of political and peace processes […]
BP sued the U.S. government over a decision barring the company from new federal contracts to supply fuel and other services following the company's agreement to plead guilty to criminal charges arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. The British oil giant said in court papers filed in Houston, TX federal court that the […]
The U.S. foreign aid agency spent nearly one-quarter of its $203 million budget for promoting stability in Afghanistan without issuing a single community grant as the program was designed to do, according to a watchdog report released on Monday. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John F. Sopko found that the U.S. Agency for International Development […]
An Afghan construction company sued DynCorp International in Virginia federal court last week, alleging that after it subcontracted with DynCorp to build barracks and related facilities, the military contractor withheld payments and assessed improper back charges. Omran Construction Consulting & Engineering claims that DynCorp is holding out on it for work it did under DynCorp’s […]
