United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-04-29 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-280R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R P0b002ee18039996e f:d05280r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R GAO-05-280R Americans employed abroad Data collection Data integrity Department of Defense contractors Insurance Insurance companies Insurance cost control Insurance regulation Subcontractors Workers compensation Employee survivors benefits Cost analysis Iraq Correspondence A22960

Since the Iraq conflict began in March 2003, the Departments of Defense (DOD) and State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other federal agencies have issued contracts to perform reconstruction activities in Iraq. The large number of contractors working amid continued violence has raised concerns over the use of contractors to support U.S. military and civilian operations overseas, including the cost of workers' compensation insurance provided to contractor employees in Iraq under the Defense Base Act (DBA). We have received requests from over 100 members of Congress asking us to review a number of Iraq-related issues, including issues associated with DBA insurance. Because of the level of interest in issues dealing with Iraq, the Comptroller General initiated this review under his statutory authority. The objectives of our review were to identify the cost to the U.S. government of insurance coverage purchased under DBA and to assess the act's implementation. DBA provides disability and medical benefits for contractors' and subcontractors' employees injured on the job and death benefits to survivors when those employees are killed. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R.pdf GAO-05-280R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-280R Correspondence GAO-05-280R; Defense Base Act Insurance: Review Needed of Cost and Implementation Issues; Americans employed abroad Data collection Data integrity Department of Defense contractors Insurance Insurance companies Insurance cost control Insurance regulation Subcontractors Workers compensation Employee survivors benefits Cost analysis Iraq Title 42 Section 1651-1654 Title 42 Section 1701-1717 Title 42 Section 1711 42 U.S.C. 1651-1654 42 U.S.C. 1701-1717 42 U.S.C. 1711