Iraq and Afghanistan : DOD, State, and USAID face continued challenges in tracking contracts, assistance instruments, and associated personnel : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Hutton, John P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Management--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Agency for International Development--Management--Evaluation.

United States. Department of State--Management--Evaluation.

United States. Agency for International Development.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States. Department of State.

Public contracts--United States--Management.

Public contracts.

Defense contracts--United States--Management.

Defense contracts.

Government contractors--United States.

Government contractors.

Interagency coordination--United States.

Interagency coordination.

Defense contracts--Management.

Management--Evaluation.

Public contracts--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 67 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

DOD, State, and USAID face continued challenges in tracking contracts, assistance instruments, and associated personnel

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

The Departments of Defense (DOD) and State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have relied extensively on contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements for a wide range of services in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, as GAO previously reported, the agencies have faced challenges in obtaining sufficient information to manage these contracts and assistance instruments. As part of our third review under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, as amended, GAO assessed the implementation of the Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) and data reported by the three agencies for Afghanistan and Iraq for FY 2009 and the first half of FY 2010 on the (1) number of contractor and assistance personnel, including those providing security; (2) number of personnel killed or wounded; and (3) number and value of contracts and assistance instruments and extent of competition for new awards. GAO compared agency data to other available sources to assess reliability. In response to GAO's 2009 report, DOD, State, and USAID did not agree with the recommendation to develop a plan for implementing SPOT because they felt ongoing coordination efforts were sufficient. GAO continues to believe a plan is needed to correct SPOT's shortcomings and is not making any new recommendations.

Contents:

Background

SPOT still cannot be relied on to track statutorily required data

DOD, State, and USAID data on personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan are incomplete

Only State and USAID reported data on killed and wounded contractors and assistance personnel

Agencies obligated to tens of billions of dollars on contracts and assistance instruments in Iraq and Afghanistan

Concluding observations.

Notes:

Title from title screen (GAO, viewed Oct. 2, 2010).

"October 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-11-1."

OCLC:

667908221