Iraqi Security Forces facilities : Environmental Chemical Corporation projects achieved results, but with significant cost increases and schedule delays.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Series:

Audit report (United States. Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction) ; 10-001.

SIGIR ; 10-001

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental Chemical Corporation.

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq--Costs.

Postwar reconstruction.

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq--Auditing.

Waste in government spending--United States.

Waste in government spending.

Iraq--Armed Forces--Military construction operations.

Iraq.

Armed Forces--Military construction operations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 pages) : 3 color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, [2009]

Summary:

Public Law 108-106, as amended, requires that the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) prepare a final forensic audit report "on all amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Iraq." To help fulfill this requirement, SIGIR has undertaken a series of audits examining major Iraq reconstruction contracts. The objective of these audits is to examine contract cost, outcome, and management oversight, emphasizing issues related to vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, and abuse. This report provides the result of SIGIR's audit of task orders totaling $1.12 billion primarily for Iraq reconstruction projects completed under two contracts awarded by the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) to the Environmental Chemical Corporation (ECC): the first in November 2003 (FA8903-04-D-8672) and the second (FA8903-06-D-8511) in April 2006. Work under these contracts was funded through both the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund. SIGIR identified ECC as one of the contractors receiving the most dollars under both funds. Under 38 task orders, ECC constructed Iraqi Security Forces facilities such as headquarters buildings, barracks, dining halls, clinics, and police buildings. However, costs for these task orders increased from about $655 million to about $1.12 billion (about 71%). The costs for three task orders increased more than 400%, a total increase of more than $150 million. Also, schedule delays were significant; the completion of 14 task orders was delayed by 18 months or more.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 2, 2011).

"October 22, 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-49).

OCLC:

505425656

Access Restriction:

Approved for public release.