Before I discuss these possibilities, I explain how the current array of contractor defenses present obstacles to these alternatives.
During his nearly 12-year tenure, Mr. Letten, an appointee of President George W. Bush, has been an aggressive prosecutor of public corruption, going after judges, City Council members, parish presidents, police officials and an array of government contractors.
Our able staff in facilities management, plus an array of outside contractors, work nonstop to ready our campus for the return each fall of our 1,400 students who truly appreciate what's been done for them and then show that gratitude by making full use of the College's classrooms, laboratories, practice spaces, residence halls and athletic fields.
"The city and its contractors have an array of powerful defenses to these claims and do not admit any liability," the chief lawyer for the city, James E. Tyrrell Jr., said in a statement on Friday.
But the Senate report goes further, spelling out the close relations between some contractors and the forces arrayed against the Kabul government and the Americans, and saying that the proliferation of contractors in the country is sometimes fueling the very insurgency that the military is there to combat.
The array of pods cost $3 million, but the contractor hopes to recoup some of the expense in saved time.
I found the characterization of contractors deeply offensive.
Many of the accidents involving contractors are direct result of poor training of contractors and/or poor control of the contracted work.
With the exception of contractors who are also veterans or retired military, community-based physicians and mental health providers are likely the only options that government contractors have.
The use of company facilities will be valued using invoices of contractors.
