Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background and Analysis
Description:
The Department of Defense (DOD) increasingly relies upon contractors to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which has resulted in a DOD workforce that has 19% more contractor personnel (207,600) than uniformed personnel (175,000). This report discusses the issues raised by this fact including (1) what role contractors should play in contingency operations, (2) whether DOD is gathering and analyzing the right data on the use of contractors, (3) what steps DOD is taking to improve contrac…
more
Date:
July 2, 2010
Creator:
Schwartz, Moshe
Item Type:
Refine your search to only
Report
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department