Contracting with the Enemy: DoD Has Limited Assurance That Contractors with Links to Enemy Groups Are Identified and Their Contracts Terminated

Abstract

Thank you for your memorandum dated May 14, 2013, regarding SIGARs recent audit report on theDepartment of Defenses (DOD) implementation of Section 841 of the Fiscal Year 2012 NationalDefense Authorization Act (FY2012 NDAA), which prohibits contracting with the enemy.1 As younoted in your memorandum, DODs Office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP)concurred with five of our seven recommendations and described specific steps it is taking toaddress them. In particular, your memorandum described DPAPs efforts to improve DODs visibilityover active contracts in Afghanistan; prevent duplication of data collection efforts; and ensure thatHeads of Contracting Activity (HCA) have the information needed to respond to legal challenges andfinancial liabilities that result from exercising their Section 841 authorities. SIGAR welcomes theseactions and believes they will improve DODs ability to ensure U.S. taxpayer funds do not end up inthe hands of insurgents or others in opposition to coalition forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 2013
Accession Number
AD1140377

Entities

People

  • John Sopko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

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  • Acquisition
  • Afghanistan
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Law
  • Performance Tests
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Virginia

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  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.