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War for profit : Army contracting vs. supporting the troops /
"WASHINGTON - The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than 1 billion in questionable charges to KBR ..." (James Risen, New York Times, June 17, 2008). This book by that very Army offic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Pub.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Machine generated contents note: Do We Really Support the Troops?
- What Is At Risk?
- Questions of Loyalty and Responsibility
- Background
- My Relationship to the Army
- Service Contracts
- A Note on Contractual Interpretation
- Acknowledgements
- ch. 1 Overrun By The Taliban, Then By KBR
- Setting the Stage
- Field Support
- A Fateful Suggestion
- September
- Changes Everything
- Into Kuwait and Iraq
- Forward to Baghdad
- The Green Zone
- Camps Slayer and Cropper
- Camp Anaconda
- ch. 2 "Tooth To Tail"
- Logistics
- US Logistics after Vietnam
- LOGCAP is Born
- Reality Intervenes: LOGCAP Immediately Diverges from Original Intent
- LOGCAP II: Down a Slippery Slope
- Contractor vs. Army Cost Analysis
- LOGCAP II and the Move to AMC
- LOGCAP III: Sliding Away
- ch. 3 LOGCAP III
- Government Contracts
- Contract Types
- Firm Fixed-Price Contracts (FFP)
- Cost Reimbursement Contracts
- Cost-Plus-A-Percentage-Of-Cost Contracts
- Note continued: Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts (CPAF)
- Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts under LOGCAP
- The LOGCAP Award Fee Plan
- Organizational Structure for Award Fee Administration
- LOGCAP III and Support to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
- ch. 4 Army Contracts And Reversed Incentives
- ch. 5 Negotiation, Settlement and Fee
- Dining Facility Overcharges
- Award Fee Boards
- Army Award Fee Board Testimony
- Impact of Army Award Fee Management
- Use of Cost Type Contracts
- ch. 6 Dining Facilities, Fraud And Bribes
- Poor Quality Meals
- Fraud
- Bribes
- Bribery as a Prevalent Problem
- False Claims
- ch. 7 Water Problems
- Army Response
- ch. 8 Electrical Work
- Washington International/Black and Veatch
- KBR-MERO
- Level A-B-C-Maintenance
- Actions of the Contracting Officer Forward
- Results
- Other Electrocutions in Iraq
- Investigations
- Investigations Completed in the Everett Case
- The Incident
- Note continued: Observations
- Equipment
- Site Visit
- Government Contractor Involvement
- Conclusions
- Staff Sergeant Christopher Everett
- More Moral Hazard
- ch. 9 Transportation
- Empty Trucks on the Road
- The April 9 Incident
- Reefers
- Other Transportation Contractors
- Tactical Vehicle Maintenance
- ch. 10 The Struggle For Congressional Oversight
- REP Henry Waxman and the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations
- SEN Byron Dorgan and the Senate Democratic Policy Committee
- SEN Carl Levin and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)
- REP Andrews and the House Armed Services Committee
- SEN Claire McCaskill and the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight (SOCO)
- The Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- The Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Requesting an Investigation
- The Commission on Wartime Contracting
- What Has the Commission Actually Done?
- Note continued: Missed Opportunities in a Target Rich Environment
- (1).FAR 52.216-26, Payments of Allowable Costs before Definitization
- (2).Subcontracting by KBR under LOGCAP
- (3).Force Protection
- (4).Award Fee
- Summing up the Commission on Wartime Contracting
- Conclusions
- ch. 11 The Use Of Contractors For Combat Service Support
- Outsourcing
- Risk Analysis
- Risks of Using Contractors
- Advantages of Using Civilian Contractors
- Cost Analysis
- Adjustments to the CBO Study
- Cost/Benefit Analysis
- Army officers examine the risks of LOGCAP
- Conclusion
- ch. 12 Use Of Contractors To Oversee Other Contractors
- The Problem of Contracting Out Oversight of Contractors
- What Are Inherently Governmental Functions?
- A Case Study
- Reviewing the LOGCAP Support Contract
- Some Additional Background Information
- What Went Wrong this Time?
- This Problem Is Not Restricted to DoD Contracting
- Conclusion
- ch. 13 Lessons Learned
- Note continued: LOGCAP IV
- Improved Requirements Control
- Additional Contract Oversight Resources
- Improved Electrical Safety
- We Can Do Better
- Recommendations
- The Need for a Federal Contract Audit Agency
- Curing the Military/Corporate Complex
- Conclusion.