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Established by Congress to investigate and expose government waste, the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan has decided to not reveal its volumes of materials to the public for another two decades.
After three years of work, the commission officially shut down last week, having concluded that the U.S. misspent between $31 billion and $60 billion in contracting for services in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it won’t allow its records to be opened for public review at the
(3) FINAL REPORT.-Not later than two years after the date of the appointment of all of the members of the Commission under subsection (b), the Commission shall submit to Congress a final report on the study carried out under subsection (c). The report shall-
(A) include the findings of the Commission;
(B) identify lessons learned relating to contingency program management and contingency contracting covered by the study; and
(C) include specific recommendations for improvements to be made in-
(i) the process for defining requirements and developing statements of work for contracts in contingency contracting;
(ii) the process for awarding contracts and task or delivery orders in contingency contracting;
(iii) the process for contingency program management;
(iv) the process for identifying, addressing, and providing accountability for waste, fraud, and abuse in contingency contracting;
(v) the process for determining which functions are inherently governmental and which functions are appropriate for performance by contractors in a contingency operation (including during combat operations), especially whether providing security in an area of combat operations is inherently governmental;
(vi) the organizational structure, resources, policies, and practices of the Department of Defense and the Department of State for performing contingency program management; and
(vii) the process by which roles and responsibilities with respect to management and oversight of contracts in contingency contracting are distributed among the various departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and interagency coordination and communication mechanisms associated with contingency contracting.
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by Maxmars
But Congress has immunity for anything they do and they are the one's who write said law's.
Ahh to be king of the hill.
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by Maxmars
But Congress has immunity for anything they do and they are the one's who write said law's.
Ahh to be king of the hill.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Dov Zakheim? The same guy who "lost" $2.3 trillion before 9/11 was investigating himself or at best, his cronies?!
I'm so tired of this BS and I swear one more mouthful I will explode.
I better shut up before I get myself moderated right out of the door.
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by Xcathdra
See remember Charles rangel and Maxine Waters? Still there and key were choice is "sitting members"
and we all know many of them have been there for decades.
In theory yes practice not so much.
Originally posted by Alethea
reply to post by ModernAcademia
This is further confirmation why we so desperately need an organization like Wikileaks!
If there is to be any change for the betterment of mankind the dark evils must be brought to light and dealt with.
For those who are willing to take a stand in bringing about transparency and truth, we must support those who have risked everything to get the truth out to us.