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Abstract:
Private security contractors (PSCs) play an important role in Iraq by protecting U.S. personnel, facilities, and property related to reconstruction efforts. The Department of Defense (DoD) relies on PSCs to provide static, or site, security throughout Iraq by guarding and protecting fixed locations, such as forward operating bases. In September 2007, DoD awarded five Theater-wide Internal Security Services (TWISS) contracts to PSCs for static security at various bases in Iraq. In April 2009, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) reported on the cost, requirements, and oversight of these contracts, noting that contracting officer's representatives (CORs) sometimes had insufficient experience, training, and time to perform their oversight roles. In August 2009, DoD awarded another five TWISS contracts. The combined not-to-exceed value of the five current contracts is $485 million, about $258 million of which has been disbursed as of June 9, 2011. This report focuses on the five current TWISS contracts and responds to the mandate in Section 842 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008, Public Law 110-181, that requires audits of the performance of security functions to address the manner in which DoD exercised control over the contractors' performance.
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40 |
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28 JUL 2011 |
| Report Number: |
A147645 |
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