LEADER 05419nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910821492203321 005 20230801225626.0 010 $a0-87586-929-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000299168 035 $a(EBL)1085202 035 $a(OCoLC)821180800 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832544 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12282306 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832544 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10899468 035 $a(PQKB)11594296 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1085202 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1085202 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632181 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000299168 100 $a20120807d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar for profit $eArmy contracting vs. supporting the troops /$fCharles M. Smith 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a0-87586-927-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; 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 Born 327 $aReality 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 Administration 327 $aLOGCAP 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-Maintenance 327 $aActions 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 Investigations 327 $aSenator 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 327 $a(1) FAR 52.216-26, Payments of Allowable Costs before Definitization 330 $a"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. 606 $aLogistics$xContracting out$zUnited States$xManagement$xEvaluation 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xLogistics$xManagement 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$vPersonal narratives 606 $aDefense contracts$zUnited States$xManagement$xEvaluation 606 $aLetting of contracts$zUnited States$xManagement 615 0$aLogistics$xContracting out$xManagement$xEvaluation. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xLogistics$xManagement. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011 615 0$aDefense contracts$xManagement$xEvaluation. 615 0$aLetting of contracts$xManagement. 676 $a355.6/2120973 676 $a355.62120973 676 $a355.62120973 700 $aSmith$b Charles M.$cCPCM.$04127 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821492203321 996 $aWar for profit$93953637 997 $aUNINA