Walter Reed and Privatization - A Chronology of Shame
Walter Reed and Privatization - A Chronology of Shame
Last October, in Privatization - Henhouse? What Henhouse? I reported on a cushy little pork-fest, get-together of military contractors and government officials. So now with IAP and Walter Reed in the news, let's just put on our hip-waders and take a walk down memory lane and privatizing around Walter Reed.
By the way, the president of the key privatizer is a guy named . . . more about him in another post.
Or at least it would be memory lane if anyone had been paying attention back then. But some photos of injured soldiers amidst moldy crumbling buildings and suddenly we notice.
Last year, we saw the end of a battle between those who supported privatizing Walter Reed and those who opposed it. During the last phases, when IAP won the contract, there were cries of protest over last minute alterations that let IAP come in with the lowest bid.
Here is a partial chronology of events:
Last October, in Privatization - Henhouse? What Henhouse? I reported on a cushy little pork-fest, get-together of military contractors and government officials. So now with IAP and Walter Reed in the news, let's just put on our hip-waders and take a walk down memory lane and privatizing around Walter Reed.
By the way, the president of the key privatizer is a guy named . . . more about him in another post.
Or at least it would be memory lane if anyone had been paying attention back then. But some photos of injured soldiers amidst moldy crumbling buildings and suddenly we notice.
Last year, we saw the end of a battle between those who supported privatizing Walter Reed and those who opposed it. During the last phases, when IAP won the contract, there were cries of protest over last minute alterations that let IAP come in with the lowest bid.
Here is a partial chronology of events:
