contractors

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At the conference, AWS, the world's largest cloud computing provider, announced a $1 billion credit program for US intelligence agencies and a classified cloud service for American defense contractors.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

Last week, the president summoned senior Pentagon officials and top military contractors to the White House to discuss ramping up munitions production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Several months earlier, county auditors identified lax accounting procedures that resulted in LAHSA’s failure to pay its contractors on time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

In mid-June, however, ICE changed the standards for contractors like The GEO Group, in a move that ICE said was meant to “reduce the burden on our detention operators.”

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

We will be independent contractors, he tells us, not employees, which means, “if you lie to a customer the company is not responsible.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich