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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

eng

Includes bibliographical references

federal national government publication

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Transforming wartime contracting

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Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan

controlling costs, reducing risks : final report to Congress : findings and recommendations for legislative and policy changes

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