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State Department Fixing the Facts Based on Policy in Iraq

Peter Van Buren | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Green Zone, US Army, Transition, US Embassy Iraq, State Department, Contractor, Prt, Politics News
Peter Van Buren

The State Department can often times be so inward looking that it fixes the facts based on the policy need, making reality fit the vision whether that naughty reality wants to or not. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it can be tragic.

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A Double-Edged Jobs Depression

McClatchy Newspapers | Daniel Lippman | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Full-Time Employee, Depression, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services, Budget Cuts, Long-Term Unemployment, Mental Health Services Administration, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jobless, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, Contractor, Business News

Ever since the 44-year-old Germantown, Md., resident was laid off from her job as an administrator for a federal contractor in May 2009, she's sent ou...

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Open Letter to Hospital Compliance Officers: Questions to Ask as Standards Enter Pilot Phase

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Language Access, Interpretation, Medical Interpreter, Interpreter Training, Politics News, Asl, Limited English Proficiency, Hard-of-Hearing, Patient Care, Health, Joint Commission, Patients, Contractor, Hospitals, American Sign Language, Government, Language Barrier, Language, Patient-Centered Communication, Healthcare Provider, Dialect, Translation, Deaf, Healthcare, Sign Language, Spanish, Home News
Louis Provenzano

New and revised Joint Commission requirements for language and interpretation standards took effect this month on a year-long pilot basis for healthca...

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Are You Keeping Pace With Change -- or Not?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workforce, Connection, Leader, Feedback, Drucker, Contractor, Organization, Engage, Temporary Worker, Change, Cranky Middle Manager, Telecommute, Part-Time, Team, Inspire, Coaching, Turmel, Business News
Marshall Goldsmith

Wayne Turmel is a unique voice in the leadership and communication field. Recently, I had the chance to ask him some questions about how the world of work has changed and how leaders haven't kept pace.

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The F Word: Challenging "High Road" Contracting

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High Road, Rape, Afghanistan, Wages, Obama, Iraq, Grit Tv, Jamie Leigh Jones, Contractor, Bush, Labor, Kbr, Cheney, Work, Laura Flanders, Halliburton, Al Franken, Grittv, Electrocution, Contracting, Politics News
Laura Flanders

This is what must make it hard for people working inside the Obama administration. No sooner does the White House start talking up something good, tha...

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Civilian Contractor Shot Dead On U.S. Base In Iraq; Soldier Detained

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kbr, U.S. Military Base, Camp Speicher, Iraq War, Iraq, Contractor Killed, Investigation, Contractor, Home News

BAGHDAD (AP)-- A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been d...

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Blackwater Expanding Domestic Reach

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Murder, GoLeft.T, Mike Papantonio, Trial, Golefttv, Mercenary, Dick Cheney, Fallujah, Army, Erik Prince, Air America Radio, Blackwater, Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, George W Bush, Ring of Fire, Contractor, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

The congressmen and advocacy groups that are trying to shut Blackwater down are being branded as un-American, unpatriotic liberals by the Prince family loyalists.

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A Close Look At The Iraq Status Of Forces Agreement [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bases, Troops, Jurisdiction, Timetable, Status of Forces Agreement, American Forces, Forces, Iraq, Agreement, Contractor, Bush, Iraq War, Soldiers, Chris Weigant, Sofa, Armed Forces, Blackwater, Security Contractor, Maliki, Status of Forces, Timetable for Withdrawal, Warwire, World News
Chris Weigant

What I found is that the Iraqis got almost everything they had pushed for, and the Bush administration got almost nothing of what they wanted.

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Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, War Contractor, Kbr, Iraq War Spending, Fired Officer, Army, Military Spending, Questionable Contracting, Halliburton, Accountability, Army Officer Fired, Contractor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...

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