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Transforming wartime contracting controlling costs, reducing risks : final report to Congress : findings and recommendations for legislative and policy changes Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. - Arlington, VA Washington, DC Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [2011] - 240 p. col. ill. 28 cm.

Shipping list no.: 2011-0443-P. "August 2011."

Includes bibliographical references.

Agencies over-rely on contractors for contingency operations -- "Inherently governmental" rules do not guide appropriate use of contractors in contingencies -- Inattention to contingency contracting leads to massive waste, fraud, and abuse -- Looming sustainment costs risk massive new waste -- Agencies have not institutionalized acquisition as a core function -- Agency structures and authorities prevent effective interagency coordination -- Contract competition, management, and enforcement are ineffective -- The way forward demands major reforms.

ISBN: 9780160893179 0160893178

Source: 052-070-07629-1 GPO

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Defense contracts--Cost control.--United States
Postwar reconstruction--Contracting out--Afghanistan.
Logistics--Contracting out--Afghanistan.
Postwar reconstruction--Contracting out--Iraq.
Logistics--Contracting out--Iraq.

GPO Item No.: 1089

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: Y 3.2:W 26/C 76/2