Friday, October 2, 2009
Afghanistan: General McChrystal on 60 Minutes
Law Enforcement: Montana AG Launches Probe of Town’s Jail Deal with American Police Force
Boy, did anyone at this town think to do a background check on this clown shoe wearing marshmallow eater company, because this is scary. (By the way, check out the Hilton’s rap sheet below if you are curious). Pfffft. –Matt
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Montana AG launches probe of town’s jail deal
By MATTHEW BROWN
October 2, 2009
BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana’s attorney general has launched an investigation into a California company’s plan to take over the city of Hardin’s $27 million jail, following revelations that the company’s lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud.
Michael Hilton, who formed Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force in March, came to Hardin last month promising to fill the city’s never-used jail and build an adjacent military and law enforcement training center.
Hilton has a decades-long track record of fraudulent activities and spent several years in a California prison on grand theft charges. The native of Montenegro uses at least 17 aliases.
Attorney General Steve Bullock said Thursday he is asking Hardin officials for all documents related to their dealings with Hilton and American Police Force.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Michael Hilton showed up in Hardin, Mont., last week, presenting himself as an economic savior, the man who would take over the town’s $27 million jail — empty since it was built as a development project in 2007 — and provide 200 new jobs in the process.
Legal News: Law Restricting U.S. State Department Security Hiring
All I have to say on this one is you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Add this to the long list about ‘what not to do, when deciding to use contract security’. –Matt
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Law restricting US State Department security hiring
10/02/2009
WASHINGTON — A congressionally mandated panel warned that existing US law prevents the State Department from hiring the best contractors to provide security at diplomatic installations worldwide.
According to a report by the independent Commission on Wartime Contracting, a law dating back to February 1990 requires the State Department to “award contracts to the technically acceptable firm offering the lowest evaluated price.”
But other government agencies can choose their contractors on the basis of “best value,” the commission said.
The report called for an end to the legislative requirement and for new rules freeing the State Department to use different evaluation methods.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Photo: US Marines from 2/3 Fox Company Keep Watch, by David Furst
Industry Talk: AGNA Awarded $8m for Bahrain and UAE Security Guard Services
More AGNA news. I am not the recruiter for this contract(s) and please do not send me a resume in reference to this story.
I hope AGNA realizes, along with their owners, that we are all watching and we are all demanding excellence out of your management. Your performance in Afghanistan was dismal and because you did not care about what was going on with that contract, all of us paid a price. And whomever is the COR on this contract, please do your job and make sure this contract is carried out properly. That means getting out from behind your desk, actually checking on operations, and getting some shared reality about what is happening. Then you can actually make an assessment as to how things are going. Most of all, be a man (or woman) and have the courage to do things right when it comes to evaluating the performance of this company. It’s not hard and all it takes is self-discipline and attention to detail to be effective.
Or you guys can be ‘marshmallow eaters‘, and take the easy way out on managing these contracts. Thanks to Bill over at Dangerzonejobs for getting this one out there. –Matt
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United States DoD contracts for September 29, 2009
Armor Group North America Inc., McLean, Va., is being awarded an $8,073,841 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N33191-07-D-1357) to exercise option 2 for provision of security guard services at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.