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A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary has been awarded nearly $3 million by an arbitrator to settle her case.
The trial of a British security contractor accused of shooting two colleagues to death has been postponed, an Iraqi official said Sunday.
Armed with an AK-47, an American contract worker said Wednesday he held off militants attacking a guest house in Kabul, allowing about two dozen U.N. election workers to escape.
The Attorneys General of New York, New Jersey and Montana said Tuesday that they plan to sue FedEx Ground, claiming the unit's classification of workers as independent contractors rather than employees violates state labor laws.
A former civilian defense contractor accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker at an air base in Iraq has pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact.
A defense contractor has agreed to pay a fine and damages totaling $25 million to resolve allegations that it overcharged the government for more than a decade, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
A U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in the slaying of a civilian contractor on an American base in Iraq, the military said Tuesday.
A U.S. contractor in Afghanistan helping train the national police was found dead last week of a possible drug overdose, just months after his company was reprimanded by the State Department for another worker's drug-related death.
A federal appeals court says a Texas woman's lawsuit alleging she was raped by military contractor co-workers in Iraq can go to court.
Lucas "Trent" Vinson was due home from Iraq for a break in October. Instead, the 27-year-old civilian contractor's father will accompany his body on a flight back to the United States.
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 detained in connection with the incident, the military said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday asked the State Department and Pentagon to investigate the electrocution of a 25-year-old private security contractor while showering in his dormitory in Baghdad.
A military contractor under investigation on allegations he overbilled and did faulty repair work on Navy and Army aircraft has been charged with threatening to kill witnesses in the case, according to a complaint unsealed Thursday.
A British security contractor accused of shooting two colleagues to death made an initial appearance in an Iraqi court, a step to determine if there is sufficient evidence to charge him with murder, Iraqi and British officials said Tuesday.
A former civilian defense contractor was charged Friday with sexually assaulting a woman at an Iraqi air base.
The head of the New York City office for a contractor investigated for overbilling on projects like the 9/11 memorial has resigned.
The security firm formerly known as Blackwater armed some of its workers in Afghanistan despite U.S. military documents that prohibited them from carrying guns, said two former contractors who were fired after they were involved in a fatal shooting in the country.
Four U.S. contractors for the company formerly known as Blackwater were not authorized to carry weapons when they were involved in a deadly shooting in Afghanistan this month, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
A former military contractor avoided jail Friday for the revenge killing of a handcuffed Afghan detainee who had doused one of the contractor's colleagues with gasoline and set her on fire.
The State Department is investigating DynCorp International, which conducts police training in Afghanistan, over its handling of an employee who died of a possible drug overdose and has ordered the major U.S. contractor to replace its senior project managers.
A former contractor was sentenced on Friday to more than five years in prison for defrauding the federal government during reconstruction of the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
A federal appeals court revived a civil fraud case Friday against a military contractor accused of cheating the U.S. government on a contract to replace old Iraqi currency that featured images of Saddam Hussein.
A U.S. veteran who returned to Iraq as a civilian contractor was shot to death while protecting American diplomats in Iraq, his employer said Sunday.
A Virginia-based lobbying firm tied to Rep. John Murtha has been raided by federal authorities.
A lawsuit against two military contractors claims the companies' mistakes led U.S. soldiers to believe an American truck driver working for the contractors might be an insurgent steering a bomb-laden truck onto a U.S. military base.
Cash found in house's walls becomes nightmareA contractor who found $182,000 in Depression-era currency hidden in a bathroom wall has ended up with only a few thousand dollars, but he feels some vindication.
Auditing the Auditors: Contractor Oversight AWOLThis explains a lot: Little league teams have more players than the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) has staffers overseeing how military contractors are spending the government's money.
President Obama's Bold New Method of Fighting Contract FraudIs President Obama taking off the gloves when it comes to fighting contract misconduct? If so, the contractors featured in our Federal Contractor Misconduct Database, many of which perform work for the government in locations far away from US soil, could find out the hard way why …
A Soldier's Eye in the Sky - Hovering Drones, Sensors, & Rockets in a Box...the new drones, made by Honeywell, are designed to hover over a crucial spot on a battlefield like helicopters, instead of flying in a wide circle.
Briton in Iraqi custody after contractor killingsIraqi authorities arrested a British contractor on murder charges over the shooting deaths early Sunday of a British and an Australian contractor in Baghdad's protected Green Zone.
Which is cheaper, contractors or state workers?Which is cheaper—a contractor or a state worker? This is a key point of contention between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and some public employees unions.
Exec with Murtha ties took kickbacks, feds sayA former executive for a defense contractor with ties to Democratic U.S. Rep. John Murtha has been charged by federal prosecutors with taking about $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor.
WATCH: Port-a-Potty Problem | VideoA 10 Connects viewer told us about a nasty dispute over a portable toilet.
Avoid Remodeling Problems: Top 5 TipsThinking about remodeling your home? So are millions of other Americans. However, the economy is forcing homeowners to re-evaluate their role in the remodeling. Over half of homeowners with plans to remodel are attempting to complete the work themselves.
A different kind of hell for one American in IraqDonald Vance, a 29-year-old veteran and an American citizen working in Iraq, was neither a victim of a roadside bomb nor taken prisoner by insurgents. Instead, he was held captive by the U.S. government - detained in a secret military prison. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
CIA bars contractors from doing interrogationsThe harsh interrogation techniques authorized by the Bush administration will no longer be used. Panetta said questioning of suspected terrorists will follow the approaches authorized in the Army Field Manual.
Florida prison company pays for inmate death | WFTS-TVA Texas appeals court has upheld a multimillion dollar civil verdict against a Florida private prison company in the beating death of an inmate.
Imagine leaving a window open all winter long -- the heat loss, cold drafts and wasted energy! If your home has a folding pull-down attic stair, a whole house fan, a fireplace or clothes dryer, that may be just what is occurring in your home every day.
How To Reduce Your Heating Bills This WinterImagine leaving a window open all winter long -- the heat loss, cold drafts and wasted energy! If your home has a folding pull-down attic stair, a whole house fan, a fireplace or clothes dryer, that may be just what is occurring in your home every day.
Why 10,000 Ugandans are eagerly serving in IraqAs President Barack Obama announces plans to withdraw US troops from Iraq, thousands of young Ugandans are increasingly desperate to be sent to the war-torn country.
White line painted over pile of manure Workmen rushing to finish a job left locals amazed after painting a white line over a pile of horse manure.
Contractor gets 6 years for Pentagon fraudA contractor who pleaded guilty to bilking the Pentagon out of more than $20 million during a nine-year fraudulent billing scheme was sentenced Monday to six years in prison and ordered to repay $15.5 million.
Data About Obama's Helicopter Breached Via P2P?An Internet security company claims that Iran has taken advantage of a computer security breach to obtain engineering and communications information about Marine One, President Barack Obama's helicopter...
Feds: 1 killed in chopper crash at Xe campusOne person is dead and a second seriously injured following a helicopter crash on the North Carolina campus of the private security contractor Xe, authorities said.
School bus liquor-store run gets cops' attentionA school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when police stopped her, the district superintendent said.
In-Car ComputingThis month, Hyundai is launching a system that warns motorists when they drift out of the lane they're traveling in. Another manufacturer has developed pedestrian-detection software that works with heat-seeking cameras to alert drivers when someone is in their path.
School bus liquor-store run gets cops' attentionA school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when police stopped her, the district superintendent said.
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Knowingly Exposed US Troops to Toxic, Hexavalent Chromium DustA CBS News investigation has obtained evidence that a subsidiary of Halliburton, the giant energy company formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, knowingly exposed United States soldiers to toxic materials in Iraq.
Cash found in house's walls becomes nightmareA contractor who found $182,000 in Depression-era currency hidden in a bathroom wall has ended up with only a few thousand dollars, but he feels some vindication.
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