Monitoring Responsibilities for Serious Incidents Involving Private Security Contractors Once U.S. Military Forces Leave Iraq Have Not Been Determined

Abstract

In September 2007, Blackwater, Inc., a private security contractor (PSC) under contract with the Department of State (DoS), was involved in an incident that resulted in the death of 17 Iraqi civilians. As a result of the incident and its repercussions, the Department of Defense (DoD) and DoS took actions to improve their coordination and oversight of PSCs involved in serious incidents. In April 2009, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) reported on the DoD system for reporting, investigating, and remediating serious incidents involving PSCs in Iraq. Because of the planned withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq in December 2011, SIGIR reviewed the U.S. government's current and planned oversight of PSCs in that country. In April 2011, SIGIR reported on the relationship between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?'Gulf Region District's reconstruction activities and its security contract requirements with Aegis Defense Services, Limited. SIGIR's objectives for this report were to determine (1) changes in the serious incident reporting and investigating system since SIGIR's 2009 report, (2) plans for the system after U.S. military forces leave Iraq, and (3) coordination of serious incidents with the Government of Iraq (GOI). SIGIR also followed up on the status of recommendations in its April 2009 report. SIGIR will be issuing separate reports on the current status of those recommendations. SIGIR performed this audit under the authority of Public Law 108-106, as amended, which also incorporates the duties and responsibilities of inspectors general under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and in furtherance of a mandate in Section 842 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008, Public Law 110-181, pertaining to contracts for the performance of security and reconstruction functions in Iraq.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 29, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546667

Entities

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Explosive Devices
  • Governments
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Monitoring
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Private Military Companies
  • Regional Security
  • Security
  • United States Central Command

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