CONTRACTS
NAVY
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $102,738,108 modification under contract (N00024-10-C-2102) for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management, research and development, modernization, trade, and industrial support for Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia, and Ohio class submarines, special mission submersible interfaces, submarine support facilities, as well as foreign military sales programs. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $29,794,051 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $46,749,505 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4415) for the USS San Jacinto (CG 56), fiscal 2010 extended selected restricted availability (ESRA). An ESRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update, improve, and extend the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $21,664,596 expired at the end of fiscal 2010. Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $33,657,696 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2307) to exercise an option for the accomplishment of lead yard class services for the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class destroyer program. This work will provide technical assistance to the follow yard in the interpretation and application of the detailed design developed by Bath Iron Works, the lead yard contractor. DDG 51 class services include liaison for follow ship construction, general class services, class logistic services, class design agent services and class change design services for follow ships. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $10,078,346 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Universal Propulsion Co., Fairfield, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $19,067,230 ceiling priced order under a previously awarded contract for manufacture of digital recovery sequencer kits, power modules, and electronic modules for the cartridge actuated device/propellant actuated device joint program office. Work will be performed in Fairfield, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This announcement combines efforts for the Air Force (63.5 percent); and under the Foreign Military Sales program, the governments of Korea (6 percent), Saudi Arabia (6 percent), Turkey (5 percent), Singapore (4 percent), Portugal (3 percent), Chile (2 percent), Jordan (2 percent), United Arab Emirates (1.5 percent), Belgium (1 percent), Bahrain (1 percent), Germany (1 percent), Pakistan (1 percent), Poland (1 percent), Thailand (1 percent), and Taiwan (1 percent). This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-10-C-K149).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $14,400,000 undefinitized contract action modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for sustainment support and system engineering sustainment activities necessary to meet the requirements and delivery schedule of efforts associated with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air system low rate initial production Lot IV procurement. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a $12,424,811 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical services, program support, assessments and special studies and systems engineering in support of Trident II submarine launched ballistic missile program; arms control program; D5 life extension; renewal of the strategic weapons system; subsystem and components for special projects involving new nuclear and conventional strike technologies and deterrence concepts; the Ohio Class SSBN replacement platform; the joint U.S./U.K. common missile compartment program; and the Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) shipboard integration program. In addition, will provide self-assessment support, program management and technical propulsion support, flight test Instrumentation support, and SSP cooperative programs support. This contract contains options which, if exercised, will bring the contract value to $23,792,750. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and is expected to be completed September 2011 and will continue through September 2012 with options exercised. This contract was not competitively procured. Contract funds in the amount of $8,287,753 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-11-C-0017).
IAP-Hill, LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded $10,774,604 for indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order #0002 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price award fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity regional base operating support services contract (N69450-10-D-5073) for service calls at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, and the surrounding Southeast region. Service calls consist of repairs of base facilities, utilities, transportation, and fire alarm systems. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One proposal was received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Black Construction/Mace International, JV, Barrigada, Guam, was awarded on Sept 30 an $8,970,000 firm-fixed-price contract for repair shoreline revetment. The work to be performed provides for the repair of existing revetment and restores portions of the shoreline to protect threatened infrastructure along the approximately 700 feet of shoreline. Repair will include replacing the existing rubble-mound revetment with an engineered revetment consisting of Class A armor stones; Class B underlayer stones and geotextile fabric; and stabilizing portions of existing shoreline corridor with soil backfilling and re-vegetation. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territories. Work is expected to be completed by October 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was negotiated as sole-source procurement in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, "only one responsible source". The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East, Yokosuka, Japan, is the contracting activity (N40084-10-C-0087).
Niking Corp.*, Wahiawa, Hawaii, was awarded $6,129,835 on Sept. 30 for firm-fixed-price task order #0021 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62478-08-D-4010) for construction of a 400-yard long extension to the existing 600-yard long rifle range at Puuloa Training Facility, Ewa Beach. The construction includes installation of two 925-foot long side containment structures. The project will provide a raised earth firing line with 12 firing lanes at the 700, 800, 900, and 1,000 yard firing lines. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Equilon Enterprises, dba Shell Oil Co./Mobile, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $80,811,696 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0499).
Chevron Global Aviation, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $43,197,568 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are Utah and California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0493).
Sinclair Oil Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a maximum $12,644,634 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0498).
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a maximum $5,681,331 firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft rescue fire fighting vehicles. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally three proposals solicited with three responses. The date of performance completion is June 28, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM500-01-D-0066-0064).
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to the Boeing Co., Huntsville, Ala., under contract HQ0147-09-C-0008. The not-to-exceed price of the award is $27,891,199. Under this modification, Boeing will continue the Sea-based X-band Radar development and sensors test and evaluation efforts. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala. The period of performance is from October 2010 through July 2011. This procurement will be funded with both fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds.
AIR FORCE
Holzman Moss Botino Architecture, New York, N.Y., was awarded a $10,000,000 contract which will provide architecture and engineering services to support the U.S. Air Force Academy and authorized Department of Defense users within 75 miles. At this time, $300,517 has been obligated. 10 CONS/LGCA, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA7000-10-D-0016).
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Calvin B. Harrison, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, died Sept. 29 in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Fort Bragg, N.C.
For more information, the media may contact the Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at 910-432-6005 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 910-432-6005 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or www.soc.mil .
Sgt. 1st Class Calvin B. Harrison, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, died Sept. 29 in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Fort Bragg, N.C.
For more information, the media may contact the Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at 910-432-6005 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 910-432-6005 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or www.soc.mil .
Today's Military Contracts
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $102,738,108 modification under contract (N00024-10-C-2102) for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management, research and development, modernization, trade, and industrial support for Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia, and Ohio class submarines, special mission submersible interfaces, submarine support facilities, as well as foreign military sales programs. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $29,794,051 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $46,749,505 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4415) for the USS San Jacinto (CG 56), fiscal 2010 extended selected restricted availability (ESRA). An ESRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update, improve, and extend the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $21,664,596 expired at the end of fiscal 2010. Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $33,657,696 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2307) to exercise an option for the accomplishment of lead yard class services for the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class destroyer program. This work will provide technical assistance to the follow yard in the interpretation and application of the detailed design developed by Bath Iron Works, the lead yard contractor. DDG 51 class services include liaison for follow ship construction, general class services, class logistic services, class design agent services and class change design services for follow ships. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $10,078,346 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Universal Propulsion Co., Fairfield, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $19,067,230 ceiling priced order under a previously awarded contract for manufacture of digital recovery sequencer kits, power modules, and electronic modules for the cartridge actuated device/propellant actuated device joint program office. Work will be performed in Fairfield, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This announcement combines efforts for the Air Force (63.5 percent); and under the Foreign Military Sales program, the governments of Korea (6 percent), Saudi Arabia (6 percent), Turkey (5 percent), Singapore (4 percent), Portugal (3 percent), Chile (2 percent), Jordan (2 percent), United Arab Emirates (1.5 percent), Belgium (1 percent), Bahrain (1 percent), Germany (1 percent), Pakistan (1 percent), Poland (1 percent), Thailand (1 percent), and Taiwan (1 percent). This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-10-C-K149).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $14,400,000 undefinitized contract action modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for sustainment support and system engineering sustainment activities necessary to meet the requirements and delivery schedule of efforts associated with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air system low rate initial production Lot IV procurement. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a $12,424,811 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical services, program support, assessments and special studies and systems engineering in support of Trident II submarine launched ballistic missile program; arms control program; D5 life extension; renewal of the strategic weapons system; subsystem and components for special projects involving new nuclear and conventional strike technologies and deterrence concepts; the Ohio Class SSBN replacement platform; the joint U.S./U.K. common missile compartment program; and the Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) shipboard integration program. In addition, will provide self-assessment support, program management and technical propulsion support, flight test Instrumentation support, and SSP cooperative programs support. This contract contains options which, if exercised, will bring the contract value to $23,792,750. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and is expected to be completed September 2011 and will continue through September 2012 with options exercised. This contract was not competitively procured. Contract funds in the amount of $8,287,753 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-11-C-0017).
IAP-Hill, LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded $10,774,604 for indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order #0002 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price award fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity regional base operating support services contract (N69450-10-D-5073) for service calls at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, and the surrounding Southeast region. Service calls consist of repairs of base facilities, utilities, transportation, and fire alarm systems. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One proposal was received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Black Construction/Mace International, JV, Barrigada, Guam, was awarded on Sept 30 an $8,970,000 firm-fixed-price contract for repair shoreline revetment. The work to be performed provides for the repair of existing revetment and restores portions of the shoreline to protect threatened infrastructure along the approximately 700 feet of shoreline. Repair will include replacing the existing rubble-mound revetment with an engineered revetment consisting of Class A armor stones; Class B underlayer stones and geotextile fabric; and stabilizing portions of existing shoreline corridor with soil backfilling and re-vegetation. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territories. Work is expected to be completed by October 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was negotiated as sole-source procurement in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, "only one responsible source". The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East, Yokosuka, Japan, is the contracting activity (N40084-10-C-0087).
Niking Corp.*, Wahiawa, Hawaii, was awarded $6,129,835 on Sept. 30 for firm-fixed-price task order #0021 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62478-08-D-4010) for construction of a 400-yard long extension to the existing 600-yard long rifle range at Puuloa Training Facility, Ewa Beach. The construction includes installation of two 925-foot long side containment structures. The project will provide a raised earth firing line with 12 firing lanes at the 700, 800, 900, and 1,000 yard firing lines. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Equilon Enterprises, dba Shell Oil Co./Mobile, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $80,811,696 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0499).
Chevron Global Aviation, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $43,197,568 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are Utah and California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0493).
Sinclair Oil Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a maximum $12,644,634 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0498).
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a maximum $5,681,331 firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft rescue fire fighting vehicles. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally three proposals solicited with three responses. The date of performance completion is June 28, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM500-01-D-0066-0064).
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to the Boeing Co., Huntsville, Ala., under contract HQ0147-09-C-0008. The not-to-exceed price of the award is $27,891,199. Under this modification, Boeing will continue the Sea-based X-band Radar development and sensors test and evaluation efforts. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala. The period of performance is from October 2010 through July 2011. This procurement will be funded with both fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds.
AIR FORCE
Holzman Moss Botino Architecture, New York, N.Y., was awarded a $10,000,000 contract which will provide architecture and engineering services to support the U.S. Air Force Academy and authorized Department of Defense users within 75 miles. At this time, $300,517 has been obligated. 10 CONS/LGCA, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA7000-10-D-0016).
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NAVY
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $102,738,108 modification under contract (N00024-10-C-2102) for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management, research and development, modernization, trade, and industrial support for Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia, and Ohio class submarines, special mission submersible interfaces, submarine support facilities, as well as foreign military sales programs. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $29,794,051 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $46,749,505 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4415) for the USS San Jacinto (CG 56), fiscal 2010 extended selected restricted availability (ESRA). An ESRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update, improve, and extend the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $21,664,596 expired at the end of fiscal 2010. Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $33,657,696 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2307) to exercise an option for the accomplishment of lead yard class services for the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class destroyer program. This work will provide technical assistance to the follow yard in the interpretation and application of the detailed design developed by Bath Iron Works, the lead yard contractor. DDG 51 class services include liaison for follow ship construction, general class services, class logistic services, class design agent services and class change design services for follow ships. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $10,078,346 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Universal Propulsion Co., Fairfield, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $19,067,230 ceiling priced order under a previously awarded contract for manufacture of digital recovery sequencer kits, power modules, and electronic modules for the cartridge actuated device/propellant actuated device joint program office. Work will be performed in Fairfield, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This announcement combines efforts for the Air Force (63.5 percent); and under the Foreign Military Sales program, the governments of Korea (6 percent), Saudi Arabia (6 percent), Turkey (5 percent), Singapore (4 percent), Portugal (3 percent), Chile (2 percent), Jordan (2 percent), United Arab Emirates (1.5 percent), Belgium (1 percent), Bahrain (1 percent), Germany (1 percent), Pakistan (1 percent), Poland (1 percent), Thailand (1 percent), and Taiwan (1 percent). This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-10-C-K149).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $14,400,000 undefinitized contract action modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for sustainment support and system engineering sustainment activities necessary to meet the requirements and delivery schedule of efforts associated with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air system low rate initial production Lot IV procurement. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a $12,424,811 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical services, program support, assessments and special studies and systems engineering in support of Trident II submarine launched ballistic missile program; arms control program; D5 life extension; renewal of the strategic weapons system; subsystem and components for special projects involving new nuclear and conventional strike technologies and deterrence concepts; the Ohio Class SSBN replacement platform; the joint U.S./U.K. common missile compartment program; and the Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) shipboard integration program. In addition, will provide self-assessment support, program management and technical propulsion support, flight test Instrumentation support, and SSP cooperative programs support. This contract contains options which, if exercised, will bring the contract value to $23,792,750. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and is expected to be completed September 2011 and will continue through September 2012 with options exercised. This contract was not competitively procured. Contract funds in the amount of $8,287,753 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-11-C-0017).
IAP-Hill, LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded $10,774,604 for indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order #0002 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price award fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity regional base operating support services contract (N69450-10-D-5073) for service calls at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, and the surrounding Southeast region. Service calls consist of repairs of base facilities, utilities, transportation, and fire alarm systems. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One proposal was received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Black Construction/Mace International, JV, Barrigada, Guam, was awarded on Sept 30 an $8,970,000 firm-fixed-price contract for repair shoreline revetment. The work to be performed provides for the repair of existing revetment and restores portions of the shoreline to protect threatened infrastructure along the approximately 700 feet of shoreline. Repair will include replacing the existing rubble-mound revetment with an engineered revetment consisting of Class A armor stones; Class B underlayer stones and geotextile fabric; and stabilizing portions of existing shoreline corridor with soil backfilling and re-vegetation. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territories. Work is expected to be completed by October 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was negotiated as sole-source procurement in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, "only one responsible source". The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East, Yokosuka, Japan, is the contracting activity (N40084-10-C-0087).
Niking Corp.*, Wahiawa, Hawaii, was awarded $6,129,835 on Sept. 30 for firm-fixed-price task order #0021 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62478-08-D-4010) for construction of a 400-yard long extension to the existing 600-yard long rifle range at Puuloa Training Facility, Ewa Beach. The construction includes installation of two 925-foot long side containment structures. The project will provide a raised earth firing line with 12 firing lanes at the 700, 800, 900, and 1,000 yard firing lines. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Equilon Enterprises, dba Shell Oil Co./Mobile, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $80,811,696 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0499).
Chevron Global Aviation, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $43,197,568 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are Utah and California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0493).
Sinclair Oil Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a maximum $12,644,634 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0498).
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a maximum $5,681,331 firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft rescue fire fighting vehicles. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally three proposals solicited with three responses. The date of performance completion is June 28, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM500-01-D-0066-0064).
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to the Boeing Co., Huntsville, Ala., under contract HQ0147-09-C-0008. The not-to-exceed price of the award is $27,891,199. Under this modification, Boeing will continue the Sea-based X-band Radar development and sensors test and evaluation efforts. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala. The period of performance is from October 2010 through July 2011. This procurement will be funded with both fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds.
AIR FORCE
Holzman Moss Botino Architecture, New York, N.Y., was awarded a $10,000,000 contract which will provide architecture and engineering services to support the U.S. Air Force Academy and authorized Department of Defense users within 75 miles. At this time, $300,517 has been obligated. 10 CONS/LGCA, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA7000-10-D-0016).
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DOD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Calvin B. Harrison, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, died Sept. 29 in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Fort Bragg, N.C.
For more information, the media may contact the Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at 910-432-6005 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 910-432-6005 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or www.soc.mil .
Sgt. 1st Class Calvin B. Harrison, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, died Sept. 29 in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Fort Bragg, N.C.
For more information, the media may contact the Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at 910-432-6005 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 910-432-6005 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or www.soc.mil .
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Mutual Aid Structure Fire
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Mutual Aid Structure Fire Delaware Avenue Tonawanda
Mutual Aid Structure Fire
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In General Area of Former Skill Buick
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In General Area of Former Skill Buick
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Military Spouses, Veterans Tops for Jobs
First Lady Endorses Veterans, Spouses for Jobs
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:16:00 -0500
Military Spouses, Veterans Tops for Jobs
By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2010 - First Lady Michelle Obama today asked leaders gathered for the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City to consider veterans and military spouses among their talent pool for working on global projects.
"This issue may seem too uniquely American in scope for such a global audience here," said Obama, who was introduced by her husband, President Barack Obama. "But right now, the human potential of America's veterans and military families is both vast, and woefully under-utilized, and that's not just an issue for those individuals, or for this country. It also significantly impacts what you and so many others are trying to achieve, not just here in America, but around the world."
Former President Bill Clinton started the non-profit organization in 2005 as a forum for philanthropists and others to solve global problems.
As first lady, Obama told the audience, she has made it her mission to meet with military families and elevate their issues. "I always come away from these visits not just with a sense of pride and gratitude, but with a sense of awe," she said.
Many people don't realize the scope of what U.S. military service entails, Obama said. She outlined a variety of common skills among servicemembers in areas covering technology and logistics, management and recruiting, disaster relief and diplomacy, among others.
Servicemembers "master state-of-the-art technologies -- some of the most advanced information, and medical, and communications systems in the world," she said. "They run the world's most complex operations, distributing supplies to thousands of locations, moving tons of equipment halfway across the globe.
Veterans have highly valuable, marketable skills, yet more than 150,000 recent veterans are struggling to find jobs, Obama said. "It's hard to spend years serving your country, only to find that value of service isn't fully understood," she said.
Military spouses, too, have strong job skills, Obama said. They use their many skills, she said, to multi-task between raising children, often alone while their military spouses are deployed, and conducting volunteer work, often in leadership roles, while also pursuing careers and education.
The problem, Obama said, is that veterans and military spouses have a hard time translating their skills into civilian needs, and civilian employers don't know enough about the work they do.
"America's veterans and military spouses have years of experience and training doing precisely the kind of work that all of you are doing every day across the globe," she said.
The first lady pledged to help the Global Initiative participants hire veterans and military spouses. "If you'll do your part, I'll commit to doing my part," she said, by connecting people, answering questions and soliciting help from federal agencies.
Few employees would have the dedication and passion for service as former servicemembers and their spouses, Obama told the audience.
"For these folks, service is the air they breathe. It's the reason they were put on this earth," she said. "Many of them don't just want to serve for a certain number of years, or deployments -- they want to make their whole life a tour of duty.
"This kind of potential is too precious and unique to squander," she added.
Related Sites:
Clinton Global Initiative
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:16:00 -0500
Military Spouses, Veterans Tops for Jobs
By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2010 - First Lady Michelle Obama today asked leaders gathered for the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City to consider veterans and military spouses among their talent pool for working on global projects.
"This issue may seem too uniquely American in scope for such a global audience here," said Obama, who was introduced by her husband, President Barack Obama. "But right now, the human potential of America's veterans and military families is both vast, and woefully under-utilized, and that's not just an issue for those individuals, or for this country. It also significantly impacts what you and so many others are trying to achieve, not just here in America, but around the world."
Former President Bill Clinton started the non-profit organization in 2005 as a forum for philanthropists and others to solve global problems.
As first lady, Obama told the audience, she has made it her mission to meet with military families and elevate their issues. "I always come away from these visits not just with a sense of pride and gratitude, but with a sense of awe," she said.
Many people don't realize the scope of what U.S. military service entails, Obama said. She outlined a variety of common skills among servicemembers in areas covering technology and logistics, management and recruiting, disaster relief and diplomacy, among others.
Servicemembers "master state-of-the-art technologies -- some of the most advanced information, and medical, and communications systems in the world," she said. "They run the world's most complex operations, distributing supplies to thousands of locations, moving tons of equipment halfway across the globe.
Veterans have highly valuable, marketable skills, yet more than 150,000 recent veterans are struggling to find jobs, Obama said. "It's hard to spend years serving your country, only to find that value of service isn't fully understood," she said.
Military spouses, too, have strong job skills, Obama said. They use their many skills, she said, to multi-task between raising children, often alone while their military spouses are deployed, and conducting volunteer work, often in leadership roles, while also pursuing careers and education.
The problem, Obama said, is that veterans and military spouses have a hard time translating their skills into civilian needs, and civilian employers don't know enough about the work they do.
"America's veterans and military spouses have years of experience and training doing precisely the kind of work that all of you are doing every day across the globe," she said.
The first lady pledged to help the Global Initiative participants hire veterans and military spouses. "If you'll do your part, I'll commit to doing my part," she said, by connecting people, answering questions and soliciting help from federal agencies.
Few employees would have the dedication and passion for service as former servicemembers and their spouses, Obama told the audience.
"For these folks, service is the air they breathe. It's the reason they were put on this earth," she said. "Many of them don't just want to serve for a certain number of years, or deployments -- they want to make their whole life a tour of duty.
"This kind of potential is too precious and unique to squander," she added.
Related Sites:
Clinton Global Initiative
Military Spouses, Veterans Tops for Jobs
First Lady Endorses Veterans, Spouses for Jobs
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:16:00 -0500
Military Spouses, Veterans Tops for Jobs
By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2010 - First Lady Michelle Obama today asked leaders gathered for the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City to consider veterans and military spouses among their talent pool for working on global projects.
"This issue may seem too uniquely American in scope for such a global audience here," said Obama, who was introduced by her husband, President Barack Obama. "But right now, the human potential of America's veterans and military families is both vast, and woefully under-utilized, and that's not just an issue for those individuals, or for this country. It also significantly impacts what you and so many others are trying to achieve, not just here in America, but around the world."
Former President Bill Clinton started the non-profit organization in 2005 as a forum for philanthropists and others to solve global problems.
As first lady, Obama told the audience, she has made it her mission to meet with military families and elevate their issues. "I always come away from these visits not just with a sense of pride and gratitude, but with a sense of awe," she said.
Many people don't realize the scope of what U.S. military service entails, Obama said. She outlined a variety of common skills among servicemembers in areas covering technology and logistics, management and recruiting, disaster relief and diplomacy, among others.
Servicemembers "master state-of-the-art technologies -- some of the most advanced information, and medical, and communications systems in the world," she said. "They run the world's most complex operations, distributing supplies to thousands of locations, moving tons of equipment halfway across the globe.
Veterans have highly valuable, marketable skills, yet more than 150,000 recent veterans are struggling to find jobs, Obama said. "It's hard to spend years serving your country, only to find that value of service isn't fully understood," she said.
Military spouses, too, have strong job skills, Obama said. They use their many skills, she said, to multi-task between raising children, often alone while their military spouses are deployed, and conducting volunteer work, often in leadership roles, while also pursuing careers and education.
The problem, Obama said, is that veterans and military spouses have a hard time translating their skills into civilian needs, and civilian employers don't know enough about the work they do.
"America's veterans and military spouses have years of experience and training doing precisely the kind of work that all of you are doing every day across the globe," she said.
The first lady pledged to help the Global Initiative participants hire veterans and military spouses. "If you'll do your part, I'll commit to doing my part," she said, by connecting people, answering questions and soliciting help from federal agencies.
Few employees would have the dedication and passion for service as former servicemembers and their spouses, Obama told the audience.
"For these folks, service is the air they breathe. It's the reason they were put on this earth," she said. "Many of them don't just want to serve for a certain number of years, or deployments -- they want to make their whole life a tour of duty.
"This kind of potential is too precious and unique to squander," she added.
Related Sites:
Clinton Global Initiative
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:16:00 -0500
Military Spouses, Veterans Tops for Jobs
By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2010 - First Lady Michelle Obama today asked leaders gathered for the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City to consider veterans and military spouses among their talent pool for working on global projects.
"This issue may seem too uniquely American in scope for such a global audience here," said Obama, who was introduced by her husband, President Barack Obama. "But right now, the human potential of America's veterans and military families is both vast, and woefully under-utilized, and that's not just an issue for those individuals, or for this country. It also significantly impacts what you and so many others are trying to achieve, not just here in America, but around the world."
Former President Bill Clinton started the non-profit organization in 2005 as a forum for philanthropists and others to solve global problems.
As first lady, Obama told the audience, she has made it her mission to meet with military families and elevate their issues. "I always come away from these visits not just with a sense of pride and gratitude, but with a sense of awe," she said.
Many people don't realize the scope of what U.S. military service entails, Obama said. She outlined a variety of common skills among servicemembers in areas covering technology and logistics, management and recruiting, disaster relief and diplomacy, among others.
Servicemembers "master state-of-the-art technologies -- some of the most advanced information, and medical, and communications systems in the world," she said. "They run the world's most complex operations, distributing supplies to thousands of locations, moving tons of equipment halfway across the globe.
Veterans have highly valuable, marketable skills, yet more than 150,000 recent veterans are struggling to find jobs, Obama said. "It's hard to spend years serving your country, only to find that value of service isn't fully understood," she said.
Military spouses, too, have strong job skills, Obama said. They use their many skills, she said, to multi-task between raising children, often alone while their military spouses are deployed, and conducting volunteer work, often in leadership roles, while also pursuing careers and education.
The problem, Obama said, is that veterans and military spouses have a hard time translating their skills into civilian needs, and civilian employers don't know enough about the work they do.
"America's veterans and military spouses have years of experience and training doing precisely the kind of work that all of you are doing every day across the globe," she said.
The first lady pledged to help the Global Initiative participants hire veterans and military spouses. "If you'll do your part, I'll commit to doing my part," she said, by connecting people, answering questions and soliciting help from federal agencies.
Few employees would have the dedication and passion for service as former servicemembers and their spouses, Obama told the audience.
"For these folks, service is the air they breathe. It's the reason they were put on this earth," she said. "Many of them don't just want to serve for a certain number of years, or deployments -- they want to make their whole life a tour of duty.
"This kind of potential is too precious and unique to squander," she added.
Related Sites:
Clinton Global Initiative
ICE -- a proven track record as the prevailing agency investigating human rights violation
ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is the largest investigative wing of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HSI is responsible for ensuring that perpetrators of war crimes, genocide, torture and other gross human rights abuses do not evade justice and accountability for their crimes by hiding in the United States. Over the past several years, ICE/HSI has repeatedly demonstrated the agency's unique ability to identify, investigate, prosecute and remove some of the world's most brutal human rights violators and notorious war criminals.
The agency's efforts in this arena are spearheaded by the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit (HRVWCU), a specialized unit of highly dedicated, skilled agents, intelligence officers, analysts, criminal research specialists, historians, and prosecutors. Based in Washington, D.C., the HRVWCU coordinates and oversees the two primary missions of the investigative program:
-To identify, investigate, prosecute, and where applicable, to remove human rights violators in the U.S.; and
-To prevent individuals involved in the commission of human rights violations from entering and obtaining safe haven in the United States.
ICE's unique set of federal authorities stems from its role as the primary U.S. federal law enforcement agency charged with investigating the illicit movement of people, goods and money across U.S. borders. ICE uses these authorities to investigate violations of federal criminal law including customs and immigration offenses, as well as violations of law under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). As a result, ICE has one of the most wide-ranging sets of investigative authorities amongst U.S. federal law enforcement agencies. These various authorities have proven to be an invaluable asset when investigating human rights violators. Since ICE launched its No Safe Haven Initiative in 2004, ICE led-investigations have resulted in the arrests of approximately 200 suspected human rights violators. Criminal violations include visa/passport fraud, false statements, perjury and torture resulting in sentences ranging from six months to 97 years in U.S. federal prison.
A recent example of the use of ICE's various legal authorities is evident in the case of Chuckie Taylor, an American citizen and the son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. During the course of a multi-year investigation into American citizens involved in arms trafficking to West Africa, a violation of U.S. arms export control laws, ICE agents learned that Chuckie Taylor planned to travel to the U.S. In March 2006, ICE agents arrested Taylor for making a false statement on his U.S. passport application. This arrest was the result of an international investigation, initiated and led by ICE, that included the assistance of the FBI and the Department of Justice. Based on the investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office charged Chuckie Taylor with five counts of torture, conspiracy to torture and two federal firearm offenses for his role in the torture and murder of several victims in Liberia during his father's regime. Taylor was convicted of all counts and was sentenced to 97 years in federal prison. What began as an investigation using ICE's authorities ultimately resulted in the first use of the federal torture statute since its enactment in 1994.
In addition to its criminal authorities, ICE uses its administrative authority under the INA to investigate and prosecute human rights abusers. ICE uses administrative charges such as genocide, torture or extrajudicial killing to hold human rights violators accountable even if there are no viable criminal charges. In many instances, administrative charges are used to ensure a suspected human rights violator's return to face charges in his or her home country. Since 2004, ICE has successfully removed over 300 known or suspected human rights abusers from the United States.
Under the agency's Human Rights Target Tracking Initiative, ICE's agents, criminal research specialists, and intelligence officers work with their domestic and international counterparts to identify serious foreign human rights abusers and to prevent them from seeking safe haven in the U.S. Since formally undertaking this initiative in June 2008, ICE has been instrumental in preventing the successful admission of over 40 human rights violators or war crimes suspects.
An instrumental part of ICE's investigations of human rights violators are the designated ICE agents assigned to field offices around the U.S. and to the ICE Attaché Offices around the globe. These agents travel around the world to identify and interview witnesses and gather evidence to support their investigations. They travel to countries and regions devastated by war, operating in difficult environments without running water, electricity or paved roads. They visit torture chambers, prison camps, military bases and other buildings where atrocities have been committed. In doing so, these agents put ICE in a position to present evidence to prosecutors to ensure perpetrators of human rights violations do not go unpunished for their actions.
Read more.
A special thanks to the men and women of DHS for their ongoing contrabutions.
ICE -- a proven track record as the prevailing agency investigating human rights violation
ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is the largest investigative wing of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HSI is responsible for ensuring that perpetrators of war crimes, genocide, torture and other gross human rights abuses do not evade justice and accountability for their crimes by hiding in the United States. Over the past several years, ICE/HSI has repeatedly demonstrated the agency's unique ability to identify, investigate, prosecute and remove some of the world's most brutal human rights violators and notorious war criminals.
The agency's efforts in this arena are spearheaded by the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit (HRVWCU), a specialized unit of highly dedicated, skilled agents, intelligence officers, analysts, criminal research specialists, historians, and prosecutors. Based in Washington, D.C., the HRVWCU coordinates and oversees the two primary missions of the investigative program:
-To identify, investigate, prosecute, and where applicable, to remove human rights violators in the U.S.; and
-To prevent individuals involved in the commission of human rights violations from entering and obtaining safe haven in the United States.
ICE's unique set of federal authorities stems from its role as the primary U.S. federal law enforcement agency charged with investigating the illicit movement of people, goods and money across U.S. borders. ICE uses these authorities to investigate violations of federal criminal law including customs and immigration offenses, as well as violations of law under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). As a result, ICE has one of the most wide-ranging sets of investigative authorities amongst U.S. federal law enforcement agencies. These various authorities have proven to be an invaluable asset when investigating human rights violators. Since ICE launched its No Safe Haven Initiative in 2004, ICE led-investigations have resulted in the arrests of approximately 200 suspected human rights violators. Criminal violations include visa/passport fraud, false statements, perjury and torture resulting in sentences ranging from six months to 97 years in U.S. federal prison.
A recent example of the use of ICE's various legal authorities is evident in the case of Chuckie Taylor, an American citizen and the son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. During the course of a multi-year investigation into American citizens involved in arms trafficking to West Africa, a violation of U.S. arms export control laws, ICE agents learned that Chuckie Taylor planned to travel to the U.S. In March 2006, ICE agents arrested Taylor for making a false statement on his U.S. passport application. This arrest was the result of an international investigation, initiated and led by ICE, that included the assistance of the FBI and the Department of Justice. Based on the investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office charged Chuckie Taylor with five counts of torture, conspiracy to torture and two federal firearm offenses for his role in the torture and murder of several victims in Liberia during his father's regime. Taylor was convicted of all counts and was sentenced to 97 years in federal prison. What began as an investigation using ICE's authorities ultimately resulted in the first use of the federal torture statute since its enactment in 1994.
In addition to its criminal authorities, ICE uses its administrative authority under the INA to investigate and prosecute human rights abusers. ICE uses administrative charges such as genocide, torture or extrajudicial killing to hold human rights violators accountable even if there are no viable criminal charges. In many instances, administrative charges are used to ensure a suspected human rights violator's return to face charges in his or her home country. Since 2004, ICE has successfully removed over 300 known or suspected human rights abusers from the United States.
Under the agency's Human Rights Target Tracking Initiative, ICE's agents, criminal research specialists, and intelligence officers work with their domestic and international counterparts to identify serious foreign human rights abusers and to prevent them from seeking safe haven in the U.S. Since formally undertaking this initiative in June 2008, ICE has been instrumental in preventing the successful admission of over 40 human rights violators or war crimes suspects.
An instrumental part of ICE's investigations of human rights violators are the designated ICE agents assigned to field offices around the U.S. and to the ICE Attaché Offices around the globe. These agents travel around the world to identify and interview witnesses and gather evidence to support their investigations. They travel to countries and regions devastated by war, operating in difficult environments without running water, electricity or paved roads. They visit torture chambers, prison camps, military bases and other buildings where atrocities have been committed. In doing so, these agents put ICE in a position to present evidence to prosecutors to ensure perpetrators of human rights violations do not go unpunished for their actions.
Read more.
A special thanks to the men and women of DHS for their ongoing contrabutions.
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