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Saturday, April 25, 2009

United Kingdom: Government Proposes Regulation For Private Security Firms

Filed under: Industry Talk,United Kingdom — Tags: , , — Matt @ 9:16 AM

Government proposes regulation for private security firms

Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:40pm BST

LONDON (Reuters) – The government proposed national and international codes of conduct on Friday to regulate private security contractors, a multi-billion dollar industry that plays a sometimes controversial role in conflict zones.

The system would be self-regulatory and the main sanction facing private security firms that broke the code would be losing government and other business.

Security firms are active in conflict areas like Iraq and Afghanistan, protecting officials, aid workers and journalists. Some have raised controversy, such as U.S. firm Blackwater, five of whose guards are accused of killing 14 unarmed civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad.

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Publications: The Private Military Herald

Filed under: Publications — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 6:56 PM

    This is a treat.  Jake Allen has put together a brand new project that I am pretty excited about and it’s called the Private Military Herald. The fun part about this site and all of the other blogs and sites that have been created over the last year, is to see how they evolve and grow. So add one more to this list of fantastic resources for the industry. –Matt

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About

   The Private Military Herald is a web-based news periodical which provides a forum for news, analysis and commentary on the role played by private security and military companies.

    The site has an editorial bias towards the existence of PMCs simply because of the fact that current state based structures and organizations are apparently incapable or unwilling to address the security challenges that exist today.

Link Here

Monday, April 6, 2009

Industry Talk: Pentagon Seeks to Dump Contractors for 30,000 New Workers

Filed under: Government Work,Industry Talk — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 9:47 PM

  Cool.  More jobs for folks.  The key now, is for the government to be able to hang on to these new civil servants, or suffer the same fate as the poor companies that treat their people like crap or have poor management.  And if the government does not pay a fair wage for these positions, then they will have a tough time filling some of this stuff.  But like I said, this is great news for those that need jobs.

   As for the war related jobs, I just don’t see a major shift.  In fact, security contractors will probably be in more of a demand, as the war expands in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Africa, as well as maintains itself in Iraq over the coming years.  –Matt

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Pentagon seeks to dump contractors for 30,000 new workers

By Christopher Hinton

Last update: 4:02 p.m. EDT April 6, 2009

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Pentagon wants to hire 13,000 new civil sernvants in 2010, with plans to hire as many as 30,000 new workers over the next five years, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Monday. “Under this budget request, we will reduce the number of support service contractors from our current 39% of the workforce to the pre-2001 level of 26%, and replace them with full-time government employees,” Gates said. Military suppliers have seen a windfall of contracts from the military since 2001 to provide services such as security, translation, logistics, and technical training. 

Story Here

 

Friday, April 3, 2009

Podcasts: COR Interviews Rob Krott, Author of Save The Last Bullet For Yourself

Filed under: Books,Podcasts — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 6:34 PM

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Jobs: Facilities Security, Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan,Jobs — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 8:56 PM

SAIC logo

Force Protection Officer

Full Time 

posted 3/16/2009  

Job Category: FAC – Facilities / Physical Security

Req ID: 142713

Able to obtain security clearance?: None

Currently possess security clearance?: Secret

Location: APO, AE  

% Travel: 100

Relocation: No

Requirements: The SAIC Operations, Intelligence and Security Business Unit has an opening for a Force Protection Officer (FPO) in Kabul, Afghanistan.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The successful candidate will perform force protection for the entire SAIC team deployed to both the CFC and the MoI/CNPA facilities. The individual will have force protection experience and will have access to equipment, data, and networks required to perform job functions.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

•Provide all forms of security and individual force protection to the entire Cambridge team (three intelligence analysts and two analyst-linguists during their

deployment period).

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