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	Halliburton’s KBR accused of ‘abuse’ in Iraq - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Responding to the newly released report, KBR said it used proprietary marking for “at least the last decade”, arguing that the practice was required under the U.S. Trade Secrets Act.
		Under the multibillion-dollar contract awarded to KBR in 2001, the company is responsible for feeding, housing and providing other services to the U.S. military worldwide.
		KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary, is a major construction company of refineries, oil fields, pipelines, and chemical plants.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_id=12023 (911 words)

	Kellogg, Brown and Root - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		KBR (formerly Kellogg, Brown and Root) is an American engineering and construction company, a private military contractor and a subsidiary of Halliburton.
		(KBR won the first LOGCAP contract, Dyncorp the second, and KBR the current one, dubbed "LOGCAP III".) It is a contingency based contract which is invoked at the convenience of the US Army; the orders under the contract are not competitively bid (as the overall contract was) and thus the reason for the confusion.
		KBR was awarded a $100 million contract in 2002 to build a new U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the State Department.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kellogg,_Brown_and_Root (1436 words)

	NPR : KBR Statement on Truck Drivers in Iraq
		KBR operates under a rigorous Code of Business Conduct that outlines the legal and ethical behaviors that all employees and subcontractors are expected to follow in every aspect of their work.
		KBR believes that all personnel should be treated with dignity and respect and we are committed to maintaining a work environment that fosters these principles.
		KBR employees and subcontractors working in Iraq understand the dangers and difficult conditions involved in working in a war zone and have made courageous decisions to deliver the services necessary to support the troops.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5430625 (1262 words)

	KBR Billed Gov't As Empty Trucks Crisscrossed Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		KBR's contract with the Defense Department allows the company to pass on the cost of the transportation and add 1 percent to 3 percent for profit, but neither KBR nor the U.S. Army Field Support Command in Rock Island, Ill., which oversees the contract, was able to provide cost estimates for the empty trucks.
		KBR truckers say they can earn about $80,000 a year, which is tax-free if they remain in Iraq for a year.
		KBR documents viewed by Knight Ridder showed that one February run included 11 "MT" (trucker lingo for empty) trailers, 11 containers (which could be full or empty) and six with pallets on them.
	www.rense.com /general53/vbbr.htm (1264 words)

	B-291769, B-291769.2, Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., March 24, 2003
		KBR challenges the agency's determination that KBR's proposed staffing levels were inadequate and that KBR's phase-in plan failed to comply with the solicitation requirements.
		KBR offers no explanation regarding its failure to provide for road marching of vehicles, responding simply that “[t]here is nothing in the mandatory requirements [of the solicitation] that require[s] the contractor to road march vehicles.” KBR Post‑Hearing Comments, Mar. 10, 2003, at 15.
		Based on this assertion, KBR maintains that it was unreasonable for the agency to downgrade its proposal for failing to propose staffing to perform this activity.
	www.gao.gov /decisions/bidpro/291769.htm (3417 words)

	Windfalls of War - The Center for Public Integrity
		KBR lost a second five-year LOGCAP contract—awarded to DynCorp in 1997— after the General Accounting Office reported in February 1997 that KBR had overrun its estimated costs in the Balkans by 32 percent (some of which was attributed to an increase in the Army's demands).
		The documents obtained show that the contract originally was awarded to KBR on March 8, 2003, as a $500,000 minimum-value contract for a two-year period, extendable to three option years and an estimated maximum value of $7 billion.
		KBR was awarded a State Department contract in August 2002 to design and construct office buildings and diplomatic staff apartments among other tasks for the U.S. embassy in Kabul.
	www.publicintegrity.org /wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=31 (2669 words)

	The quiet hand behind the hand on the tiller: KBR
		Although KBR is largely unknown to the NHS, it is one of the UK’s largest suppliers to government, particularly in defence and transport: it is one of the MoD’s five largest contractors, responsible for operating major British naval and airforce installations.
		KBR has been involved in Britain since 1959, when it set up operations to support early exploration for North Sea oil, and in major UK government contract work since the 1980s, when it took over management of the Royal Navy’s main UK base at Devonport.
		KBR’s headquarters for its international operations are in Leatherhead, in Surrey, and the UK is its main base of operations outside the US.
	www.bjhc.co.uk /journal/1/2003/5003.htm (1792 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		KBR was sent to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo to build two army camps in the middle of two deserted wheat fields.
		KBR's strategic masterpiece is Camp Bondsteel - the largest and most expensive US Army base since Vietnam, still in use today, complete with roads, its own power generators, houses, satellite dishes, a helicopter airfield and of course a Vietnam-style prison.
		KBR is now a lightning-fast, ultra-efficient and ultra-effective building machine on the "war on terra", as they say in Texas.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FE14Ak03.html (1279 words)

	Iraq oil industry threatened by failure to rebuild properly
		Under a no-bid contract, KBR was to repair the complex at a cost of up to $225 million, but not the leaky pipelines carrying water to the fields.
		But when KBR opened the taps to send the treated water to Iraq's legendary Rumaila oil field, the deteriorated pipes were unable to handle the increased pressure.
		KBR found one local who was watering his entire tomato crop courtesy of the Qarmat Ali pipeline.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/02/MNG9PF0E5L1.DTL (1465 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: DOD IG reviews possible KBR overcharges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		KBR and the Navy said KBR had to pay higher rates for labor because of the high demand for construction workers after the hurricane.
		KBR has been paid nearly $300 million for reconstruction work since it won the Navy Construction Capabilities contract in July 2004, including $35 million for the construction of a new prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and more than $160 million for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction and mortuary services.
		KBR's past performance on government contracts was one of the major measures by which it was supposed to be judged for the new contract, but neither the Army nor the Navy had entered the Iraq contract information into a military database that tracks contractor performance.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=Crbeh0eidDxmTAgfSBgLIDxj0B24TBMf2Eq (704 words)

	Pentagon has yet to deliver Halliburton documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		KBR is a subsidiary of Halliburton, where Vice President Cheney worked for several years before moving to the White House.
		To add insult to injury, the Army in July gave KBR a $4.97 billion one-year contract to provide logistics support for U.S. troops in Iraq, a move that came in the midst of criticism aimed at Halliburton and the government’s contracting practices.
		KBR is repairing damaged naval facilities under a $500 million Defense Department contract.
	www.thehill.com /thehill/export/TheHill/Business/092105_yet.html (799 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Defense Auditors Investigate Potential KBR Overcharges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		KBR has two single-bid reconstruction contracts with a not- to-exceed cost of $15.6 billion, Reed said.
		KBR included a price in their proposal of about $220 million to operate dining facilities.
		The discrepancy may be the result of a "serious disconnect" or "miscommunication" between KBR officials in the field and the home office in Houston, the official said.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Dec2003/n12112003_2003121110.html (405 words)

	NPR : The Trucker's War: On the Road in Iraq
		Truck drivers for KBR were forbidden to speak to reporters while in Iraq, under threat of immediate firing.
		KBR erected a memorial wall to fallen truckers inside Camp Anaconda in central Iraq.
		KBR said in its statement that "all personnel are treated with dignity and respect, and they may return home if they become uncomfortable with the work they're performing."
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5431088 (1653 words)

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		KBR's businesses offer integrated services and solutions relating to all phases of design, procurement, construction, project management and maintenance of facilities primarily for energy and government customers.
		DII and KBR are defendants in tens of thousands of asbestos and silica-related personal-injury lawsuits pending in various parts of the United States.
		The DII and KBR bankruptcy cases, the Insurers charge, were orchestrated by Halliburton in order to raise HAL's stock price and gain a litigation advantage.
	bankrupt.com /diikbr.txt (2048 words)

	Most KBR work in Iraq, Gulf from competitive contracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Under this contract, KBR was asked to develop pre-war contingency plans that involved short-notice disaster management of the oil infrastructure.
		Under these contracts, KBR is performing damage assessments, repairing pumps and levee breaches, and housing and feeding military personnel in Louisiana and Mississippi.
		KBR is called on time and time again because of our proven ability to perform and for that reason alone.
	www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/LetterstotheEditor/100605.html (828 words)

	The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog: KBR-Halliburton Get $385 million contract to build detention centers just incase they ...
		KBR would build the centers for the Homeland Security Department for an unexpected influx of immigrants, to house people in the event of a natural disaster or for new programs that require additional detention space, company executives said.
		KBR, which announced the contract last month, had a similar contract with immigration agencies from 2000 to last year.
		Zuieback said the KBR contract was not intended for that.
	realcostofprisons.org /blog/archives/2006/02/kbrhalliburton.html (728 words)

	WebWire® \| KBR Announces Sale Of Aberdeen-Based Production Services Business
		March 16, 2006, HOUSTON, Texas - KBR announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell the Production Services group, part of the company’s Energy and Chemicals division, through a transaction which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2006.
		Although terms of the transaction are not disclosed, the transaction is expected to result in a pre-tax gain to Halliburton of approximately $100 million during the second quarter of 2006.
		KBR is a global engineering, construction, technology and services company.
	www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=11135 (367 words)

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		KBR operating income from Iraq rose largely because of $12 million from the settlement of an Iraq-related contract cost dispute.
		KBR is also a cornerstone of the U.S. military presence in the Balkans, where it provides infrastructure for forces in the region.
		KBR revenue fell 3% to $2.95 billion, but earnings rose to $121 million, up from break-even a year ago.
	www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={62712335-D4C8-4884-856C-CB88C59D89C1}&siteid=google&dist= (953 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Energy
		KBR, a builder of refineries, chemicals plants and liquefied-natural-gas terminals, may benefit as soaring energy prices spur construction of new energy infrastructure to meet rising demand.
		KBR also is embroiled in investigations for work stretching from Iraq to Bosnia to Nigeria.
		KBR is being investigated by the Justice Department for possibly overcharging the U.S. government for work in the Balkans and Iraq.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=20601072&refer=energy&sid=axRv4peP3LzE (923 words)

	KBR's $400 Million Iraq Question
		For its part, KBR initially denied this, and Waxman became increasingly frustrated that for eighteen months he could not get the military, KBR or any of the companies involved to explain whom taxpayers were ultimately paying for the Blackwater security services, and how much.
		The situation could be so serious for KBR that, as the company officially informed its investors a month after the Waxman hearing, it might be forced to return up to $400 million in payments stemming from alleged subcontracted private security services in Iraq.
		KBR and the Army are apparently still negotiating whether the company will be stripped of the $400 million it is estimated that its subcontractors spent on private security.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20070326/scahill_ordower (1472 words)

	Halliburton Watch
		KBR executives admitted at the hearing that contingency planning for protecting Iraq's oil wells from sabotage began in the summer of 2002, but that contingency planning for protecting the troops and KBR employees began in May 2003, two months after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began.
		Wilson testified that KBR once removed all the spare tires on his truck so that when he acquired a flat tire he was forced to abandon the truck.
		KBR terminated Wilson's employment after accusing him of failing to report trucks in his convoy that had run-down civilians.
	www.halliburtonwatch.org /news/deyoung.html (1071 words)

	CorpWatch : US: Ex-KBR Manager Pleads Guilty to Taking Kickback in Iraq
		A former employee of KBR pleaded guilty Friday to accepting more than $110,000 in kickbacks from an Iraqi subcontractor he chose to renovate buildings in Iraq for the U.S. Army.
		KBR submitted an invoice to the U.S. government for the work on Oct. 15, 2004.
		"When KBR learned that one of its employees was allegedly receiving improper payments from a subcontractor, the company initiated an investigation, the employee was questioned and admitted wrongdoing," the company said in a statement.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=12563 (657 words)

	KBR Files Initial Public Offering
		KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors.
		KBR didn't say in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission how many shares it will sell, nor did it give an expected price range.
		KBR plans to use the proceeds to repay debt it owes to Halliburton Energy Services Inc., another Halliburton unit, and for working capital and other corporate purposes.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/14/financial/f133211D21.DTL&feed=rss.business (410 words)

	King of Zembla
		Yet the assumption in the room was that KBR had the job—an assumption underscored by the extraordinary presence of KBR representatives at the high-level government meeting.
		Worst of all, the contract would be "cost-plus": KBR would just submit bills for whatever it spent, and the government would reimburse it, adding fees of between 2 and 7 percent as KBR's profit.
		KBR says that its award fee of up to 5 percent on RIO is based in large part on its ability to control costs.
	simbaud.blogspot.com /2005/03/knaves-brigands-reavers.html (1444 words)

	KBR workers in Iraq paid 50 cents an hour
		KBR in turn hires that work out entirely to subcontractors whose job it is to recruit, transport, house, feed and pay “third-country” nationals to stock, prepare, serve and clean up at the dining facilities at 43 bases across Iraq.
		“KBR’s subcontractors are required to comply with all applicable labor laws and provisions in the country in which they work.
		KBR’s non-U.S. subcontractors operate within industries and geographic regions that are highly competitive in regard to recruiting and retaining employees.
	www.gnn.tv /headlines/6416/KBR_workers_in_Iraq_paid_50_cents_an_hour (2280 words)

	Halliburton Watch
		Meanwhile, the Pentagon recommended the termination of KBR's most lucrative contract, known as LOGCAP, so that other firms can be hired to perform troop-supply work in the Middle East.
		For example, under LOGCAP, KBR is paid a fee by the Pentagon of only two percent of the company's expenses.
		Halliburton's decision to radically change or sell KBR is probably related less to a public relations nightmare with the Pentagon than to asbestos-related problems caused by Cheney during his tenure as CEO.
	www.halliburtonwatch.org /news/kbr_sale.html (812 words)

	Former KBR Worker Admits to Fraud in Iraq
		Powell's fraud was discovered in January when KBR investigators searched Powell's residence in Baghdad and found large amounts of cash, including $8,000 worth of $100 bills stuffed in a jacket pocket, $1,580 on top of the refrigerator and about $3,500 worth of Iraqi dinars in the top shelf of a dresser, the court papers said.
		While the scheme was ongoing, KBR had been unwittingly billing the U.S. government an inflated amount for reimbursement because of the 20 percent kickback.
		In March, a former KBR manager named Jeff Alex Mazon was charged in an indictment with defrauding the U.S. government of nearly $4 million by inflating the price of fuel tankers for military operations.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082201435.html (533 words)

	The Record - 'Luxuries, KBR Came First': ; Former Halliburton Employees Testify About Contract Abuses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They said the company's KBR unit charged the government $45 for cases of soda, submitted $100 bills for laundry, put up personnel in five-star hotels and abandoned $85,000 trucks on roadsides because of flat tires.
		Truckers Warren and David Wilson of Venus, Fla., said KBR did almost no routine maintenance on its vehicles, which at times meant trucks had to be abandoned when they broke down.
		KBR transportation chief Keith Richard denied those charges, saying regular maintenance was performed every two weeks.
	www.troyrecord.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12465305&BRD=1170&PAG=740&dept_id=226963&rfi=6 (758 words)

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