Defense Contracting: Progress Made in Implementing Defense Base Act Requirements, but Complete Information on Costs is Lacking
Abstract
DOD and Labor have made progress in addressing challenges we identified in our April 2005 report, but several still remain. While DOD has taken steps to reduce DBA insurance rates through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) single-insurer pilot program, it has not yet implemented similar efforts department wide. Through its pilot program, the Army Corps has lowered its DBA insurance rates from what DOD had previously paid. While State, USAID, and Army Corps can obtain aggregate DBA cost data for their respective single-insurer programs, DOD reported that it has not collected this data across the department. We previously reported that the lack of such data prevents DOD from calculating the total cost of DBA insurance or the extent to which Iraq reconstruction funds were being spent on DBA insurance. In addition, while we previously reported several challenges in implementing DBA insurance requirements in Iraq, Labor officials told us that several of these challenges have since been addressed requirements are clearer and claims processing has improved. However, Labor still faces challenges in verifying that subcontractors in Iraq have obtained DBA insurance. Summary
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA481286
Entities
People
- Greg Campbell
- Jeffrey Hartnet
- John Krump
- John Needham
- Sarah A Jones
- Tara Copp
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office