Contingency Contracting: A Framework for Reform- 2012 Update

Our overall objective was to provide DoD field commanders and contract managers with information on contracting problems related to contingency operations that the DoD Office of Inspector General OIG identified and reported from April 2, 2010, through March 31, 2012. In this report, we discuss current contingency contracting problems, as well as re-emphasize ongoing problems identified in the DoD OIG Report No. D-2010-059, Contingency Contracting A Framework for Reform, May 14, 2010. Since issuing that report, DoD OIG personnel issued 38 reports and were involved with 20 fraud investigations pertaining to Overseas Contingency Operations. These reports and investigations identified a variety of problems relating to DoD officials not properly awarding, administering, or managing contingency contracts in accordance with Federal and DoD policies.