In 2006, the firm had $393 million in military contracts, according to
Pentagon data.

IAP is owned by Cerberus Capital Management LP, an asset-management
firm chaired by former Treasury secretary John W. Snow.

The company is headed by two former high-ranking executives of KBR,
formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root.

Al Neffgen, IAP's chief executive, was chief operating officer for a
KBR division before joining IAP in 2004.

IAP's president, Dave Swindle, is a former KBR vice president.


From The Washington Post, 3/10/07:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR2007030902082.html

Privatized Walter Reed Workforce Gets Scrutiny

Army Facility Lost Dozens Of Maintenance Workers

By Steve Vogel and Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writers

Saturday, March 10, 2007; Page A03

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.

Last year, IAP won a $120 million contract to maintain and operate
Walter Reed facilities.

The decision reversed a 2004 finding by the Army that it would be more
cost-effective to keep the work in-house.

After IAP protested, Army auditors ruled that the cost estimates
offered by in-house federal workers were too low.

They had to submit a new bid, which added 23 employees and $16 million
to their cost, according to the Army.

Yesterday, the American Federation of Government Employees, the
largest federal workers union, blamed pressure on the Army from the
White House's Office of Management and Budget for the decision to
privatize its civilian workforce.

"Left to its own devices, the Army would likely have suspended this
privatization effort," John Gage, president of the organization, said
in a statement.

"However, the political pressure from OMB left Army officials with no
choice but to go forward, even if that resulted in unsatisfactory care
to the nation's veterans."

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Support our troops, eh?

Harry