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Iraq & Afghanistan Reconstruction Contracts
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
POGO Provides Post-hearing Supplemental Materials to the Commission on Wartime Contracting
March 7, 2011
U.S.Government Rarely Suspends or Debars Those Responsible for Billions in Tax Dollars Lost to Fraud, Waste, Abuse in War Zones
February 28, 2011
Testimony of POGO's Scott Amey on Deficient Contractor Accountability Leaves Agencies and Taxpayers at Risk
February 28, 2011
Army Considers Continuing KBR Monopoly in Iraq
March 29, 2010
POGO Requests End of KBR's Monopolistic LOGCAP III Contract
March 29, 2010
New Wartime Contracting Commission Members Named
June 20, 2008
Parsons Corp. Goes Back to School in the Big Easy
May 23, 2008
POGO Lauds Senate Vote On Wartime Contracting Commission
October 1, 2007
POGO letter to Senators Webb and McCaskill supporting "The Commission on Wartime Contracting Act" (S.1825)
September 17, 2007
POGO Applauds Senate Legislation Extending SIGIR's Term
November 15, 2006
Testimony of Danielle Brian, POGO's Executive Director, before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee
September 10, 2004
Government Considers Barring CACI Contracts
May 28, 2004
Government Considers Barring CACI Contracts
May 28, 2004
Federal Contracting and Iraq Reconstruction Recently, policymakers, the media, and the American public have inquired about Iraq reconstruction contracts. What most people do not realize is that those contracts are not anomalies - in fact, they simply reflect the flawed federal contracting system that exists today. Favoritism, waste, abuse, and even fraud are far more likely today because of the systemic reduction of oversight and transparency in government contracting over the past decade. The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has identified the following problems with the current procurement system and provides realistic recommendations that will assist the government in protecting the American taxpayer.
March 11, 2004
Questionable Iraq Reconstruction Contracts Due to Federal Contracting System Weaknesses
March 11, 2004
POGO Calls for Halliburton To Disclose Cost Details of Iraq Contracts
December 12, 2003
Related Resources
Contractor Performance and Suspensions in Iraq and Afghanistan, Panel 1
C-Span, Video Library
February 28, 2011
Special Report, "Defense agencies must improve their oversight of contractor business systems to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse."
, Commission on Wartime Contracting
September 21, 2009
Interim Report to Congress, "At What Cost? Contingency Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan"
, Commission on Wartime Contracting
June 10, 2009
Webb, McCaskill Introduce Amendments on Wartime Contracting
Jessica Smith and Adrianne Marsh (McCaskill), Senate Offices Press Release
September 21, 2007
Rebuilding Iraq Stabilization, Reconstruction, and Financing Challenges
Statement of Joseph A. Christoff, Director International Affairs and Trade, GAO-06-428T
February 8, 2006
Management of Rapid Regional Response Program Contracts in South-Central Iraq
Stuart W. Bowen Jr., Special Inspector General,
January 23, 2006
POGO participates in Iraq Reconstruction's forum discussion
Stuart W. Bowen Jr., Special Inspector General,
December 5, 2005
Letter to President Bush about Halliburton
Representative John Dingell (D-MI) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) ,
March 14, 2005
An internal Defense Department audit report detailing how Halliburton has overcharged the U.S. taxpayers roughly $100 million for one task in Iraq
, Defense Department Audit Report
October 8, 2004
POGO in the News
The Record: Letters, Dec. 20, 2011, Paula Rogovin, NorthJersey.com, December 20, 2011
Contractor accused of negligence in soldier deaths, Richard Lardner, Associated Press, Business Week, July 12, 2011
O'Keefe vs. NPR: Round One Goes to the Kid, By Brian Palmer, The Huffington Post, March 14, 2011
Wartime panel: Get tougher on bad contractors, By Sarah Chacko, Federal Times, March 6, 2011
OFPP's Gordon shy about opening meeting results, By Matthew Weigelt, Federal Computer Week (fcw.com), March 2, 2011
Commission decries DoD's inattention to contractors' poor performance, By Sarah Chacko, Federal Times, March 1, 2011
Report: Wartime Contractors Waste, Steal Tens Of Billions -- Then Come Back For More, By Dan Froomkin, The Huffington Post, February 28, 2011
ANALYSIS-U.S. grapples to keep Afghan rebuilding on track, By Missy Ryan, Reuters, January 21, 2011
Afghanistan reconstruction auditor resigns, By Michelle Nichols, Reuters, January 11, 2011
Time to follow Fields' example and quit Afghanistan, By Pratap Chatterjee, The Guardian, January 11, 2011
Senators hail resignation of Afghanistan inspector general, By John T. Bennett, The Hill, January 10, 2011
U.S. hires firms with questionable pasts for Afghan jobs, By Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Newspapers, November 14, 2010
Military Restructures Afghanistan Police Contract; Blackwater-Linked Army Office Stripped of Control, By Spencer Ackerman, The Washignton Independent, March 25, 2010
Firm tied to Iraq scandal profited, By Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, July 19, 2009
War zone contracting termed huge 'failure', By Robin Acton, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 4, 2009
U.S. Returns Some Funds to Iraq, By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post, March 17, 2009
When suspending contractors, size - not action - matters, By Elise Castelli, Federal Times, March 2, 2009
Outrageous: Baghdad Boondoggle, By Michael Crowley, Reader's Digest, March 1, 2009
Collins set to testify today before war contracts panel, By Dieter Bradbury, Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, February 2, 2009
Contractor for military committed serious violations, By Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations Unit, November 24, 2008
Defense awards more Iraq reconstruction work to contractors cited for poor performance, By Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive, October 28, 2008
Corruption in Iraq reconstruction, By Murray Light, Buffalo News, May 18, 2008
Increasing reliance on private contractors in Iraq raises questions, By Lauren Gregory, Chattanooga Times Free Press, May 2, 2008
Security Progress in Baghdad Draws Entrepreneurs, , NPR: Morning Edition, May 1, 2008
Investigators: Millions in Iraq contracts never finished, , Trend News Agency (Azerbaijan), April 28, 2008
Investigators: Millions in Iraq contracts never finished, By Hope Yen, Associated Press, April 27, 2008
Cape Canaveral-based contractor could land another Army contract in Iraq, By Richard Burnett, OrlandoSentinel.com, January 4, 2008
McCaskill measure on wartime contracting wins Senate vote, by Sam Hananel (Associated Press), The Examiner, September 28, 2007
Watchdog agency to audit 4 reconstruction firms, By Matt Kelley , USA Today, May 22, 2007
Iraq watchdog office faces 2007 closure , by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Fox News , October 30, 2006
Halliburton cited for Iraq overhead; costs in oil contract called extreme , by Griff Write, The Washington Post , October 25, 2006
Iraq’s Reconstruction a Boondoggle By Design , by Joshua Holland, AlterNet.com , July 17, 2006
Halliburton-KBR's LOGCAP-3 Iraq Contract Not Renewed, , Defense Industry Daily , July 14, 2006
Shays admits errors on Iraq, by Peter Urban, Connecticut Post, June 4, 2006
Agency charged with spending oversight in Iraq left country in '04, By Seth Borenstein, Knight Ridder Newspapers, October 17, 2005
Army pays KBR for contracts not yet worked out, Hilary Wicai , Transcript, National Public Radio Marketplace Morning Report, February 4, 2005
Contractors Sometimes Stretch Their Deals, , The Washington Post, May 31, 2004
CACI Contract: From Supplies to Interrogation, By Ellen McCarthy, The Washington Post, May 17, 2004
"Line Increasingly Blurred Between Soldiers and Civilian Contractors" in effort to rebuild Iraq, By Ariana Eunjung Cha and Renae Merle, Washington Post, May 13, 2004
Democrat Attacks on Contractors, by John Berlau, Insight on the News, February 17, 2004
Bechtel Lands Iraq Contract, By David Streitfeld and Mark Fineman, The Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2003
