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To: PartyTime who wrote (183284)	3/10/2006 12:55:17 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

* 6 February 2006 - KBR employee in Iraq, speaking on condition of anonymity, says "We pay our locals [in Iraq] $5 to $16 dollars a day and you can see where [KBR] put it down [on the military requisition] as $60 a day <http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/labor2.html>." Military requisitions reveal KBR to be paying between $5-$16 per day in wages to third world laborers in Iraq whilst billing US taxpayers between $50-$80 per day. I've spoken about this previously... But guess what, it's how DOD is letting out the contracts and not forcing competitive bidding by Iraqi sub-contractors. IMO, it is the Iraqi subs who are making out, because the way in which the contracts are let out creates the incentive for KBR and others to take the highest price offered for the service, so they can inflate their government dictated percentage of profit on revenue. What the Iraqi workers are paid is determined by the Iraqi Sub, not KBR, or the government. I think this is an issue that DRASTICALLY needs to be addressed, with Government Contracting Officers mandating that subs have to competitively bid. But ultimately, it the fault of the government contracting procedures.. Because it's in the interest of KBR and other contracting companies to take that "mile" when it's not prohibited by the government. Hawk