Department of Defense contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan : background and analysis

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Label

Department of Defense contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan : background and analysis

Title remainder

background and analysis

Statement of responsibility

Moshe Schwartz

Creator

• Schwartz, Moshe

Contributor

• Federation of American Scientists
• Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

Subject

• Afghan War, 2001-
• Contracting out
• Contracting out -- United States
• Defense contracts -- Management
• Defense contracts -- United States -- Management
• Government contractors -- Management
• Government contractors -- United States -- Management
• Iraq
• Iraq War, 2003-2011
• Rules
• United States
• United States, Department of Defense
• United States, Department of Defense -- Rules and practice
• 2003-2011

Genre

• Rules

Language

eng

Summary

The Department of Defense (DOD) increasingly relies upon contractors to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which has resulted in a DOD workforce in those countries comprising approximately an equal number of contractors (200,000) as uniformed personnel (194,000). The use of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan has raised a number of issues for Congress, including 1) whether DOD is gathering and analyzing the right data on the use of contractors, 2) what steps DOD is taking to improve contract management and oversight, and 3) the extent to which contractors are included in military doctrine and strategy. This report examines current contractor trends in Iraq and Afghanistan, steps DOD has taken to improve contractor oversight and management, and the extent to which DOD has incorporated the role of contractors into its doctrine and strategy. It also reviews steps Congress has taken to exercise oversight over DOD contracting, including contracting issues that have been the focus of hearings and legislation

Member of

• CRS report for Congress, R40764

Cataloging source

AWC

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

CRS report for Congress

Series volume

R40764