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Part I : Endnotes
1 http://www.gao.gov/htext/d05280r.html -- see notes on 1996 review, “DOD concluded at that time that such a program would not lead to cost savings
2 http://www.gao.gov/htext/d05280r.html; The title of one section is “Large Numbers of Contractors in Iraq Have Led to Concerns over the Cost of DBA Insurance”
3 Ibid. http://www.gao.gov/htext/d05280r.html
4 FAR 52.228-3 Workers Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act)
5 Americans die in security contractor copter crash, USA Today, USA Today Staff and Wire Reports, AP, January 23, 2007
According to a Guardian article, http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6436602,00.html, The AP had to file a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain figures on pre-2006 civilian deaths and injuries from the Labor Department. ePluribus Media writer Ilona Meagher also reports on the secrecy of the Department of Labor at http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/2/24/123023/888
6 From this page on meeting notes: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap_archive/daec/index.htm
List of attendees: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap_archive/Docs/DAEC/DAECnotesFrom031803.doc
7 Inclusion of Defense Base Act Clause in DoD Overseas Contracts, 08 Dec 2003
8 Blog post from Missing in Iraq by Megan von Ackermann (aka “For Kirk”), August 18, 2006
9 Email correspondence with Megan von Ackermann
10 Email from Megan vonAckermann to Susie Dow Auguest 22, 2006 5:55 AM
11 Fund to help wife of Iraq kidnap victim by AP January 12, 2007
12 Authorization to Utilize Contingency Operations Contracting Procedures, THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, E.C. Aldridge, Jr., October 9, 2001
13 MEMORANDUM FOR ALMAJCOM/FOA/DRU (CONTRACTING), Emergency Acquisitions in Direct Support of U.S. or Allied Forces Deployed in Military Contingency Operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom, CHARLIE E. WILLIAMS, JR., March 21, 2003
14 FAR 2.101 Definitions: "Contingency operation" (10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13)) means a military operation that: (1) Is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an operation in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing military force; or (2) Results in the call or order to, or retention on, active duty of members of the uniformed services under section 688, 12301(a), 12302, 12304, 12305, or 12406 of 10 U.S.C., Chapter 15 of 10 U.S.C, or any other provision of law during a war or during a national emergency declared by the President or Congress.
15 For the purposes of this article, contingency operations and contingency contracting refer to support of overseas US government agency missions on or near the battlefield as managed by the Pentagon.
16 Circular No. A-76 Performance of Commercial Activities, August 4, 1983, Revised 1999 & the Government shall not start or carry on any activity to provide a commercial product or service if the product or service can be procured more economically from a commercial source.
17 White House Office of Budget and Management, Robert A. Burton, Memorandum: Request Contracting Information on Contractors Operating in Iraq, May 16, 2006
18 Renae Merle, Census Counts 100,000 Contractors in Iraq Civilian Number, Duties Are Issues, Washington Post, Tuesday, December 5, 2006; Page D01
19 Is Force Protection For Contractor Personnel on the Battlefield Adequate? by Mr. Michael J. Dudley, DCMA, Spring Summer 2004 (I have reason to believe this article was intended to be published earlier – note footnote dates: May 2003)
20 Interview and follow up emails with Former US military contracting officer.
21 Iraq Reconstruction: Lessons Learned in Contracting and Procurement, Special Inspector General of Iraq Reconstruction, July 2006, p 14
22 Bechtel Benefits as Iraq Contractors Struggle to Get Insurance Bloomberg News, November 21, 2003
23 IRAQ: Army and Insurer at Odds, by T. Christian Miller, The Los Angeles Times, June 13th, 2005
24 US: Defense Discovers Insurance Companies Charge Huge Fees for Contractors Overseas, by Elliot Blair Smith, USA Today, June 14th, 2005
25 Iraq contracts burden taxpayers, By Joseph Neff, McClatchy Newspapers, December 25, 2006
SB1 U.S. Department of Labor, Working for U.S. Government Contractors Overseas, WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU ARE INJURED
SB3 Standard Procurement System, SPS & Contingency Contracting
