Department of Defense contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan : background and analysis / Moshe Schwartz.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service (CRS), 2010.Description: [4], 25 p. : charts ; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - Pamphlet HD 3861 .U6 .S34 /2009/ + /PDF/(467KB)
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Cover title.
“Congressional Research Service”—at head of title.
“7-5700”.
“R40764”.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary: “The Department of Defense (DOD) increasingly relies upon contractors to support operation in Iraq and Afghanistan, which has resulted in a DOD workforce that has 19% more contractor personnel (207,600) than uniformed personal (175,000). Contractors make up 45% of DOD’s workforce in Iraq and Afghanistan. The critical role contractors play in supporting such military operations and the billions of dollars spent by DOD on these services requires operational forces to effectively manage contractors during contingency operations. Lack of sufficient contract management can delay or even prevent troops from receiving needed support and can also result in wasteful spending. Some analysts believe that poor contract management has also played a role in abuses and crimes committed by certain contractors against local nationals, which may have undermined U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan”—(p. summary).