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 2006-09-25 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-1132 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132 P0b002ee18039cfd3 f:d061132 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132 GAO-06-1132 Audit reports Contract administration Contract costs Cost analysis Defense audits Defense cost control Defense procurement Federal regulations Financial analysis Questionable payments Risk assessment Other Written Product A61385 The government has hired private contractors to provide billions of dollars worth of goods and services to support U.S. efforts in Iraq. Faced with the uncertainty as to the full extent of rebuilding Iraq, the government authorized contractors to begin work before key terms and conditions were defined. This approach allows the government to initiate needed work quickly, but can result in additional costs and risks being imposed on the government. Helping to oversee their work is the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), which examined many Iraq contracts and identified costs they consider to be questioned or unsupported. The Conference Report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 directed GAO to report on audit findings regarding contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. As agreed with the congressional defense committees, GAO focused on Iraq contract audit findings and determined (1) the costs identified by DCAA as questioned or unsupported; and (2) what actions DOD has taken to address DCAA audit findings, including the extent funds were withheld from contractors. To identify DOD actions in response to the audit findings, GAO selected 18 audit reports representing about 50 percent of DCAA's questioned and unsupported costs on Iraq contracts. GAO requested comments from DOD on a draft of this report, but none were provided. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132.pdf GAO-06-1132 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1132 Other Written Product GAO-06-1132; Iraq Contract Costs: DOD Consideration of Defense Contract Audit Agency's Findings; Audit reports Contract administration Contract costs Cost analysis Defense audits Defense cost control Defense procurement Federal regulations Financial analysis Questionable payments Risk assessment