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Author :Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S.) Publisher :Us Independent Agencies and Commissions ISBN 13 : Total Pages :248 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Transforming Wartime Contracting by : Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S.)
Download or read book Transforming Wartime Contracting written by Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S.) and published by Us Independent Agencies and Commissions. This book was released on 2011 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, America's military and federal-civilian employees, as well as contractors, have performed vital and dangerous tasks in Iraq and Afghanistan. Contractors' support however, has been unnecessarily costly, and has been plagued by high levels of waste and fraud. The United States will not be able to conduct large or sustained contingency operations without heavy contractor support. Avoiding a repetition of the waste, fraud, and abuse seen in Iraq and Afghanistan requires either a great increase in agencies' ability to perform core tasks and to manage contracts effectively, or a disciplined reconsideration of plans and commitments that would require intense use of contractors. Failure by Congress and the Executive Branch to heed a decade's lessons on contingency contracting from Iraq and Afghanistan will not avert new contingencies. It will only ensure that additional billions of dollars of waste will occur and that U.S. objectives and standing in the world will suffer. Worse still, lives will be lost because of waste and mismanagement.
Book Synopsis At What Cost? by : Michael J. Thibault
Download or read book At What Cost? written by Michael J. Thibault and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008 Congress established the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (CWC) in response to increasing indications of widespread waste, fraud, and abuse in gov¿t. contracting. The CWC is charged with evaluating and reporting on America¿s wartime contracting for logistics, reconstruction, and security. This Interim Report describes the CWCs work to June 2009, which includes hundreds of meetings and briefings, analysis of existing reports and audits, hearings on Capitol Hill, and factfinding trips to the theaters of operation. This Report highlights some timesensitive issues, especially given the challenges of the drawdown in Iraq and the buildup in Afghanistan. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :330 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis The Final Report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Download or read book The Final Report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781981675005 Total Pages :330 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (75 download)
Book Synopsis The Final Report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan by : United States. Congress
Download or read book The Final Report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan : hearing before the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, October 19, 2011.
Book Synopsis Contingency Contracting: Observations on Actions Needed to Address Systemic Challenges: Statement before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan by :
Download or read book Contingency Contracting: Observations on Actions Needed to Address Systemic Challenges: Statement before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan by : Moshe Schwartz
Download or read book Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan written by Moshe Schwartz and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Background; (2) Managing Contractors during Contingency Contracting; (3) Number and Roles of Contractors in CENTCOM, in Iraq, in Afghanistan; (4) Efforts to Improve Contractor Management and Oversight; (5) Contractors in DoD Strategy and Doctrines: (a) Can Contractors Undermine U.S. Efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan?; (b) DoD Strategy and Doctrine: The National Defense Strategy and Quadrennial Defense Review; Field Manual on Operations; Field Manual on Counterinsurgency; New Doctrine, DoD Instructions, and Other Efforts; (6) Selected Congressional Hearings and Legislation; (7) Contract Management, Oversight, and Coordination: Training Contractors and the Military in Contingency Contracting. Illus.
Book Synopsis Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan by : Jacqueline R. Robinson
Download or read book Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan written by Jacqueline R. Robinson and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contractors represent over half of the U.S. presence in the contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, at times employing more than a quarter-million people. They have performed vital tasks in support of U.S. defence, diplomatic, and development objectives. But the cost has been high. Poor planning, management, and oversight of contracts has led to massive waste and has damaged these objectives. Contracting decisions made during urgent contingencies have often neglected the need to determine whether host-nation governments can or will sustain the many projects and programs that U.S. contracts have established in their countries. This book examines the work of Congresses bipartisan Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, created to study waste, fraud, abuse, accountability, and other issues in contingency contracting, and to make recommendations for improvement.
Book Synopsis Defense Logistical Support Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Issues for Congress by :
Download or read book Defense Logistical Support Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Issues for Congress written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines Department of Defense (DOD) logistical support contracts for troop support services in Iraq and Afghanistan administered through the U.S. Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP), as well as legislative initiatives which may impact the oversight and management of logistical support contracts. LOGCAP is an initiative designed to manage the use of civilian contractors that perform services during times of war and other military mobilization. The first LOGCAP was awarded in 1992. Four LOGCAP contracts have been awarded for combat support services in Iraq and Afghanistan. The current LOGCAP III contractor supports the drawdown in Iraq by providing logistical services, theater transportation, augmentation of maintenance services, and other combat support services.
Book Synopsis War for Profit by : Charles M. Smith
Download or read book War for Profit written by Charles M. Smith and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WASHINGTON — The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR..." (James Risen, New York Times, June 17, 2008) This book by that very Army official provides an eye-opening firsthand account of how the US Government hands over your tax dollars to support contractors like KBR and Halliburton, rather than supporting the troops. This authoritative and well-documented record of the LOGCAP contract in Iraq and Afghanistan is at the same time a study of US participation in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the workings of government agencies and Congress. The first chapter sets the scene, briefly narrating the author's work on behalf of US military efforts, especially in Iraq. Subsequent chapters illustrate specific issues in contractor relations that resulted in unsafe conditions for the troops and blew millions of taxpayer dollars. Loyal and hard-working government officials and employees who tried to keep things on track were turned away and those who sought to rein in the free-for-all were sacked. The author reveals problems with KBR's provision of transportation, electricity, food and water. Other chapters are more analytic and evaluate Army logistics, Congressional oversight and the question of whether letting contracts for this kind of support is appropriate at all--the kind of problems that concern military policy leaders, defense analysts, public policy analysts and scholars in these areas, as well as the citizens in whose name this is all done.
Author :United States Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781976408229 Total Pages :30 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (82 download)
Book Synopsis Operation Iraqi Freedom by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Operation Iraqi Freedom written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation Iraqi Freedom : preliminary observations on DOD planning for the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq : statement before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
Author :United States Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781983749841 Total Pages :36 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (498 download)
Book Synopsis Contingency Contracting by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Contingency Contracting written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contingency Contracting: Agency Actions to Address Recommendations by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :323 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (11 download)
Book Synopsis The Final Report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Download or read book The Final Report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contingency Contracting by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Contingency Contracting written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "CWC's recommendaTechnology, and Lo determining which re addressing them to implement the reco Secretary for Manag address the CWC's r report was issued, th bureaus and offices was addressing the r does not have a for of the specific recom recommendations. T the efforts to addres Office of Acquisition agencywide procure other CWC recomm as each country hasIn response to your r planned actions that special reports-incl those recommendati considered applicabl CWC made to CongFor our review, we a total number of reco the CWC made in th the CWC made in its made in Special Rep3Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and A Contractors in Contingen"
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :446 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Transforming Wartime Contracting by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Download or read book Transforming Wartime Contracting written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wartime Contracting in Afghanistan by : Moshe Schwartz
Download or read book Wartime Contracting in Afghanistan written by Moshe Schwartz and published by Silverwood Institute. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government contracting in Afghanistan and other wartime environments is different than contracting in peacetime. In peacetime, the goal of contracting is generally to obtain the good or service that is required. The measurements of success are generally getting the right good or service, on schedule, and at a fair price. In wartime, however and particularly in a counterinsurgency environment cost, schedule, and performance are often secondary to larger strategic goals of promoting security and denying popular support for the insurgency. From FY2005 through 2011, the U.S. government obligated more than $50 billion for contracts performed primarily in Afghanistan. Because a primary goal of defense contracting in Afghanistan is to support the overall mission, it is deemed essential that contracting is not only thought of as a response to immediate needs but also as part of the larger strategy. Contents of this report: (1) Introduction; (2) Wartime Contracting Versus Peacetime Contracting: Challenges of Wartime Contracting; The State of Government Contracting in Afghanistan; Current Efforts to Improve Contracting Afghanistan; The Host Nation Trucking Contract: A Case Study; (3) Issues for Congress. This is a print on demand report.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :184 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Commission on Wartime Contracting by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Download or read book Commission on Wartime Contracting written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contractors and War by : Christopher Kinsey
Download or read book Contractors and War written by Christopher Kinsey and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War, and yet are expected to do as much if not more than they did during those years. As a result, a transformation is occurring in the way the U.S. government expects the military to conduct operations—with much of that transformation contingent on the use of contractors to deliver support to the armed forces during military campaigns and afterwards. Contractors and War explains the reasons behind this transformation and evaluates how the private sector will shape and be shaped by future operations. The authors are drawn from a range of policy, legislative, military, legal, and academic backgrounds. They lay out the philosophical arguments supporting the use of contractors in combat and stabilization operations and present a spectrum of arguments that support and criticize emergent private sector roles. The book provides fresh policy guidance to those who will research, direct, and carry out future deployments.
