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Contingency Operations: Opportunities to Improve the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 11, 1997
Report No. NSIAD-97-63
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Summary:

Despite escalating costs associated with the use of civilian contractors to provide logistics and engineering services in support of contingency operations in Bosnia and elsewhere, the Army lacks basic financial systems to track how contractor funds are being spent and contractor monitoring systems to evaluate contractor performance. The Army has traditionally employed civilian contractors to augment military forces. For example, civilian contractors were used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. In the case of Bosnia, the Army's latest estimate for contractor support has risen to $461.5 million--about $111 million more than the Army's original estimate. This report makes several recommendations for improving the program from a doctrine, cost control, and contract oversight standpoint. GAO also discusses the potential for unnecessary overhead costs and duplication resulting from the Navy and the Air Force introducing similar support contract programs.

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