Privatized Walter Reed Workforce Gets Scrutiny
Source: By Steve Vogel and Renae Merle, Washington Post, Saturday, March 10, 2007
The scandal over treatment of outpatients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has focused attention on the Army's decision to privatize the facilities support workforce at the hospital, a move commanders say left the building maintenance staff undermanned. Some Democratic lawmakers have questioned the decision to hire IAP Worldwide Services, a contractor with connections to the Bush administration and to KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary.