Federal Government Contract News 08-21-2005

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* US man pleads guilty to accepting Iraq contract kickbacks (News From Bangladesh) URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/federal+contract/SIG=13fvg3jmn/*http%3A//www.bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=2005-08-21&hidType=RIN&hidRecord=0000000000000000057558

AP, PEORIA:Aug 20: A former employee of a Halliburton subsidiary pleaded guilty Friday to accepting more than $100,000 (euro82,080) in kickbacks from an Iraqi company that was awarded a US military construction contract in Iraq, federal prosecutors said.

* BART, union still trying to hammer out contract URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/07/05/BAbart05.DTL

for raises in contract negotiations with the transit district are among workers in the region, according to federal labor surveys. Unions

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