To spread downtown's prosperity, Mr. Booker says he would force companies and contractors to hire more local residents.

Despite the constant fear, Adivasis do agree that naxalites have forced contractors to give them higher wages for tendu leaves collected and bamboo cut.

They were charged in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn with forcing small contractors to pay them to win approval of completed construction work.

Mr. Ganim is the 12th person or company convicted in a six-year scheme to force contractors bidding for city business to pay bribes to the mayor and his friends and associates.

To deal with the conversion problem, Congress is considering a bill that would force military contractors to draw up retooling plans and to retrain workers.

Analysts also said the combination would force other military contractors to hasten any planned mergers and to make the remaining American companies even more competitive in selling military hardware overseas.

They range from hiring private investigators to vet their own procedures in bidding jobs and hiring subcontractors, to forcing contractors to submit to lengthy background checks.

"We have been able to get just enough people to keep up with the demand without forcing contractors to bid for carpenters," Mr. Shaw said.

Ms. Van Opstal, the Washington analyst, said military auditors would not accept civilian accounting systems, forcing military contractors to install expensive separate reporting requirements to prevent fraud.

Someone within the owner's management organization will receive recognition for reducing the short-term cost of JOC construction by forcing contractors to provide services with minimal or no profit.