Raise your hand if you're surprised by this.

[unixronin]

Halliburton hired for storm cleanup

The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.

KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process.  The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.

(link from james_nicoll)

Tell me with a straight face that nobody saw THAT coming.

Comments

[jenkitty.livejournal.com]

It's actually not a surprise. Go look up the LOGCAP program, and know that Halliburton has one of those contracts. Technically, it's a legitimate contract. It just looks real damn bad.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the nice folks at Bechtel mobilizing as well.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. As you said, it's technically legitimate under the capabilities contract. I'm not convinced the awarding of that contract was without bias, but ..... it's a done deal at this point.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Oh, and yeah, my whole POINT was it was no surprise.