Contractors in Iraq by the Numbers
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) presented its Quarterly Report to the United States Congress on April 30, 2010.
Included in the report were a number of charts detailing numbers of contractors in Iraq by national origin and service provided, a comparison of contractor support for various military operations, a sample cost comparison between a government and contractor analyst, and a chart of private security contractors in Iraq as of March 31. I have extracted the charts and presented them here for your information. Read more
Iraq’s Drawdown Drives the Future Overseas Job Market
The most common questions I receive are about what the future holds for contracting. Where are the jobs going to be? What should I do now to prepare for the future?
Stiff competition caused by thousands of experienced contractors steadily downsized, the decline of available overseas jobs, plus official recommendations to hire cheaper local and TCN labor is the future in a nutshell.
And it all starts with the drawdown in Iraq. Read more
Where Does Overseas Contracting Stand Today, Part 2- Industry Trends
The first part of this series looked at the breakdown of contractor numbers in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. This part looks at some of the responses from 1150 contractors to our 2010 market survey on the state of industry on several issues. I have kept them in chart format so they are easy and quick to read. Read more
Where Does Overseas Contracting Stand Today, Part 1- Contractor Numbers
I’m going to look at where we stand today: numbers of contractors, some of the issues facing contractors, and the outlook for the future. This first part is about the breakdown and trend of contractor numbers in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. Read more
