“The November 2, 2009 hearing of the Commission on Wartime Contracting probed the precision and accuracy of counting contractors by the Department of Defense, the strategic withdrawal in Iraq and the role of contractors, and the cooperation between the Defense Contracting Management Agency and the Defense Contracting Audit Agency with coordination from the Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy to improve oversight of contractor business systems.”
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Daily Archives: November 2, 2009
Analysis of Subsidies to and Payments by Enrollees in Insurance Exchanges Under the Affordable Health Care for America Act
CBO Analysis of Subsidies to and Payments by Enrollees in Insurance Exchanges Under the Affordable Health Care for America Act, November 2, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Charles B. Rangel “This letter responds to questions about the subsidies that enrollees would receive for premiums and cost sharing and the amounts that they would have to… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Contingency Contracting, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Troubled Asset Relief Program
Contingency Contracting: Further Improvements Needed in Agency Tracking of Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, GAO-10-187, November 02, 2009 Operation Iraqi Freedom: Preliminary Observations on DOD Planning for the Drawdown of U.S. Forces from Iraq, GAO-10-179, November 02, 2009 Troubled Asset Relief Program: Continued Stewardship Needed as Treasury Develops Strategies for Monitoring and… Continue Reading
Poverty Expert Says Nearly Half of U.S. Children Will Use Food stamps
“49 percent of all U.S. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood,” says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. “Food stamp use is a clear sign of poverty and food insecurity,… Continue Reading
Foreign Affairs Features Article – Know Thine Enemy: Why The Taliban Cannot Be Flipped
Know Thine Enemy – Why the Taliban Cannot Be Flipped, by Barbara Elias, Director of the Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Taliban Project at the National Security Archive at George Washington University. “The chief objective of both Taliban groupings is to control territory in Central and South Asia. Al Qaedas agenda, meanwhile, is diffuse, global, and inherently… Continue Reading
CBP's Ability to Detect Biological and Chemical Threats in Maritime Cargo Containers
Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, OIG-10-01 – CBP’s Ability to Detect Biological and Chemical Threats in Maritime Cargo Containers (Redacted) (PDF, 19 pages) “U.S. Customs and Border Protection has taken steps to mitigate the threat of nuclear and radiological weapons in maritime cargo containers, but could do more to mitigate the threats… Continue Reading
