05394nam 2200673Ia 450 991078644760332120230801225626.00-87586-929-7(CKB)2670000000299168(EBL)1085202(OCoLC)821180800(SSID)ssj0000832544(PQKBManifestationID)12282306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832544(PQKBWorkID)10899468(PQKB)11594296(MiAaPQ)EBC1085202(Au-PeEL)EBL1085202(CaPaEBR)ebr10632181(EXLCZ)99267000000029916820120807d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWar for profit Army contracting vs. supporting the troops /Charles M. SmithNew York Algora Pub.20121 online resource (xii, 284 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-87586-927-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; 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; Chapter 1. Overrun by the Taliban, then by KBR; Setting the Stage; Field Support; A Fateful Suggestion; September 11 Changes Everything; Into Kuwait and Iraq; Forward to Baghdad; The Green Zone; Camps Slayer and Cropper; Camp Anaconda; Chapter 2. "Tooth to Tail"; Logistics; US Logistics after Vietnam; LOGCAP is BornReality 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; Chapter 3. LOGCAP III; Government Contracts; Contract Types; Firm Fixed-Price Contracts (FFP); Cost Reimbursement Contracts; Cost-Plus-A-Percentage-Of-Cost Contracts; Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts (CPAF); Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts under LOGCAP; The LOGCAP Award Fee Plan; Organizational Structure for Award Fee AdministrationLOGCAP III and Support to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Chapter 4. Army Contracts and Reversed Incentives; Chapter 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; Chapter 6. Dining Facilities, Fraud and Bribes; Poor Quality Meals; Fraud; Bribes; Bribery as a Prevalent Problem; False Claims; Chapter 7. Water Problems; Army Response; Chapter 8. Electrical Work; Washington International/Black and Veatch; KBR-MERO; Level A-B-C-MaintenanceActions of the Contracting Officer Forward Results; Other Electrocutions in Iraq; Investigations; Investigations Completed in the Everett Case; The Incident; Observations; Equipment; Site Visit; Government Contractor Involvement; Conclusions; Staff Sergeant Christopher Everett; More Moral Hazard; Chapter 9. Transportation; Empty Trucks on the Road; The April 9 Incident; Reefers; Other Transportation Contractors; Tactical Vehicle Maintenance; Chapter 10. The Struggle for Congressional Oversight; Henry Waxman and the House Committee on Oversight and InvestigationsSenator Byron Dorgan and the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Carl Levin and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC); REP Andrews and the House Armed Services Committee; Senator 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?; Missed Opportunities in a Target Rich Environment(1) FAR 52.216-26, Payments of Allowable Costs before Definitization"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.LogisticsContracting outUnited StatesManagementEvaluationIraq War, 2003-2011LogisticsManagementIraq War, 2003-2011Personal narrativesDefense contractsUnited StatesManagementEvaluationLetting of contractsUnited StatesManagementLogisticsContracting outManagementEvaluation.Iraq War, 2003-2011LogisticsManagement.Iraq War, 2003-2011Defense contractsManagementEvaluation.Letting of contractsManagement.355.6/2120973355.62120973Smith Charles M.CPCM.4127MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786447603321War for profit3799133UNINA