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1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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? |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 official provides an eye-opening firsthand account of how the US Government hands over your tax dollars to support contractors like KBR and Halliburton, rather than supporting the troops. This authoritative and well-documented record of the LOGCAP contract in Iraq and Afghanistan is at the same time a study of US parti |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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United States. Army -- Procurement -- Evaluation
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KBR (Firm) -- Corrupt practices
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KBR (Firm) fast |
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United States. Army fast |
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Logistics -- Contracting out -- United States -- Management -- Evaluation
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Logistics -- Management
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives
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Defense contracts -- United States -- Management -- Evaluation
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Letting of contracts -- United States -- Management
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Armed Forces -- Procurement -- Evaluation
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Corruption
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Defense contracts -- Management -- Evaluation
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Logistics -- Management
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Iraq
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United States
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Personal narratives
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Reference works
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Reference works.
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Ouvrages de référence.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012031416 |
| ISBN |
9780875869292 |
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0875869297 |
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0875869270 |
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9780875869278 |
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0875869289 |
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9780875869285 |
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