Increases in Security Costs Are Likely under the Afghan Public Protection Force: USAID Needs to Monitor Costs and Ensure Unlicensed Security Providers Are Not Used

Abstract

During fiscal years 2009 through 2011, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided more than $4.2 billion to its implementing partners to carry out reconstruction and development assistance programs in Afghanistan. Implementing partners are responsible for their own security needs and most contracted with private security contractors (PSC) for security services for their offices, housing, and project sites and for the movement of their personnel. In March 2011, the Afghan government issued The Bridging Strategy for Implementation of Presidential Decree 62, which provided for the eventual dissolution of most PSCs. Under this strategy, the Afghan government required that security services for development programs and projects transfer to a state-run Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) by March 20, 2012. SIGAR's objectives were to assess (1) the costs and the number of personnel and vehicles associated with PSCs for selected USAID projects during fiscal years 2009 through 2011 and (2) the potential costs related to the transition of security services from PSCs to the APPF and the plans of implementing partners after the transition. SIGAR also determined whether USAID's implementing partners for selected projects were using PSCs licensed by the Afghan government. To accomplish these objectives, SIGAR analyzed invoices and other data from 13 implementing partners responsible for 29 of USAID's largest projects during fiscal years 2009-2011 and discussed cost and transition issues with USAID, the Departments of Defense and State, and six implementing partners. SIGAR conducted work in Washington, D.C., and in Kabul, Afghanistan, from September 2011 to June 2012 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 29, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563577

Entities

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Employment
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • International Security
  • Law
  • Personnel Management
  • Private Military Companies
  • Risk Management
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.