logcap

Eight people who worked under logcap are being investigated for such crimes.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

And whereas government agencies tend to favor cheaper bids, the fact that logcap is cost-plus means that KBR benefits from accepting the most expensive offer.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

With logcap 4, however, the reverse is about to happen.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

Officials now accept that the monopoly granted by logcap 3 had its drawbacks, and at the end of June the army announced that the contract will soon be terminated and replaced with a new one, logcap 4.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

That would have been a breach of contract, Ballard told the House committee, since logcap prohibits KBR from billing the government for private security.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

Under federal law, a firm that designs a contract is prohibited from bidding for it, but this regulation was ignored, and B&R bid for and won logcap 1.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

Establishing logcap as a contract to shop has had a further consequence.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

In October 2006 a stinging report by Stuart Bowen, the sigir, found that this was making it almost impossible to determine whether logcap was delivering value for money, and was “an abuse of the procurement system.”

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

The first logcap contract dates back to 1992, when Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney paid Brown and Root, as KBR was then known, to devise a contract for providing overseas support services to the military.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007

After “extensive research,” the army had ascertained that the murdered Blackwater guards were working for KBR under logcap after all — though not directly.

David Rose on Iraq profiteers Rose, David 2007