AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients in more than 130 countries around the world, announced today that South Africa-based BKS has agreed to join the company. With approximately 900 employees, BKS is a multidisciplinary consulting engineering and management firm with headquarters in South […]
American special operations forces have suspended the training of new recruits to an Afghan village militia until the entire 16,000-member Afghan police recruits to be re-screened for possible links to the insurgency US officials say. The move is the latest repercussion from a series of "insider" shootings carried out by members of the Afghan police and […]
IRS has a New Tax Program for Overseas Contractors with Delinquent Taxes. The IRS has recently announced that it’s offering a new ‘tax catch up’ opportunities to American citizens and dual citizens who live abroad. The opportunity is not only limited to tax filing; relief is also offered for late compliance with FBAR (Reports of Foreign Bank […]
EOD Technology, Inc., of Lenoir, Tennessee, protests the corrective action taken by the Department of the Army under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91B4L-12-R-0189 for security services in Afghanistan. EOD argues that the Army improperly determined that EOD was nonresponsible, and permitted the awardee, Olive Group, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to begin performing the […]
Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc are battling in court over a $256 million tax dispute, as the two companies seek to put to bed issues lingering from their corporate break-up five years ago. Especially in relation to work done for the U.S. military in Iraq, Halliburton, the world's second-largest oilfield services company, and its engineering spin-off have found […]
