Defense Contracting: Additional Personal Conflict of Interest Safeguards Needed for Certain DOD Contractor Employees

Abstract

Why GAO Did This Study: Many defense contractor employees work side-by-side with federal employees in Department of Defense (DOD) facilities performing substantially the same tasks affecting billions in DOD spending. Given concerns with protecting the integrity of DOD operations, GAO was asked to assess (1) how many contractor employees work in DOD offices and what type of mission-critical contracted services they perform, (2) what safeguards there are to prevent personal conflicts of interest for contractor employees when performing DOD's tasks, and (3) whether government and defense contractor officials believe additional safeguards are necessary. GAO reviewed conflicts of interest laws and policies and interviewed ethics officials and senior leaders regarding applicability to DOD federal and contractor employees. GAO judgmentally selected and interviewed officials at 21 DOD offices with large contractor workforces, and 23 of their contractors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA477731

Entities

People

  • Ralph Dawn

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.