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.