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Watchdogs: Agencies risking billions in war zones
Unless changes are made "the United States faces new waves of waste in Iraq and Afghanistan" according to the Commission on Wartime Contracting. USAID, the Departments of Defense and State are singled out in a new commission report for their inadequate planning.
Tags: Iraq , Afghanistan , contracting , waste , DoD , USAID , State , Ruben Gomez , DoD Report
DoD's process to buy services lacking
A Defense Science Board panel found DoD's procedures and its senior leaders don't give service contracts the attention they deserve. Service contracts make up more than 50 percent of the Defense Department's acquisition budget.
Tags: DoD , contracting , industry , management , DoD budget , service contracting , Defense Science Board , Jacques Gansler , Ashton Carter , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Commission says DoD misspent billions in Afghanistan contracts
The Commission on Wartime Contracting says the United States has misspent tens of billions of dollars on contracts and grants.
Tags: Christopher Shays , DoD , Afghanistan , contracting , In Depth
Afghan projects at risk
Poor planning and weak management are undermining the effort to build up the Afghan army and police while putting billions of U.S tax dollars at risk. We get details from Wartime Contracting Commission Co-chair Mike Thibault
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Mike Thibault , oversight
IG: Afghan reconstruction efforts in big trouble
Arnold Fields says poor planning and weak management are undermining the effort to build up the Afghan army and police.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Arnold Fields , Michael Thibault , Afghanistan , contracting
Thibault defends departing Afghanistan IG
The U.S. official in charge of overseeing the billions of dollars being spent to rebuild Afghanistan announced his resignation. Mike Thibault, commission co-chair, talks with us about what's next.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Mike Thibault , oversight , Suzanne Kubota , Arnold Fields
Wartime contracting review underway in Afghanistan
The Defense Logistics Agency is looking into small business contracts
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , Defense Logistics Agency
Wartime Contracting changing in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's president is issuing an ultimatum to thousands of private security contractors he says are undermining his nation's army and police force: Cease operations in four months. Mike Thibault, Co-Chairman of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, joins us with reaction.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Mike Thibault , oversight , human trafficking , DoD , DCAA , Suzanne Kubota
Wartime Contracting Comm. on billing, human trafficking
$21 billion in questioned and unsupported costs, human trafficking allegations covered in latest hearing of bipartisan commission.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Mike Thibault , contracting , Iraq , Afghanistan
Human trafficking alleged in Iraq contracting
Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan learns of allegations that subcontractors are stooping to human trafficking to fill positions. We get details from Michael Thibault, co-chair of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Mike Thibault , oversight , human trafficking , DoD , DCAA
