Civilian Contractor Overseas Support During Hostilities
Abstract
The objectives of the audit were to determine the extent to which the Military Departments rely on contractors for emergency-essential services during overseas crises or hostile situations and to evaluate the extent to which these vital services should be provided by civilian contractors. We generally excluded civilian contractor support of overseas intelligence activities. The audit also followed up on Recommendations B.1. and B.2. in Inspector General, DoD, Audit Report No. 89-026, "Retention of Emergency-Essential Civilians Overseas During Hostilities," November 7, 1988. Because of a lack of policy and guidance at the OSD level on the continuation of emergency-essential contractor support during a crisis or hostile situation, we did not assess the adequacy and the effectiveness of applicable internal controls. The audit showed that DoD relies on contractors to provide services related to defense systems vital to the DoD mobilization and wartime mission. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) issued DoD Instruction 3020.37, "Continuation of Essential DoD Contractor Services During Crises," November 6, 1990, to address that dependency. The Instruction should strengthen DoD's ability to ensure that emergency-essential services provided by contractors are continued during crises or hostile situations. However, the Instruction needs revision to provide additional assurances of continued performance. The results of the audit are summarized in the following paragraph, and the details, recommendations, and management comments are in Part II of this report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 26, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA379922
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense