Contracting in Combat Zones: Who Are Our Subcontractors? (Part 2)
Channel: HouseResourceOrg
Date: 2011-01-11

Contracting in Combat Zones: Who Are Our Subcontractors? (Part 2) - House Oversight Committee - 2010-06-29 - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. On Tuesday June 29, 2010 the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs continued its examination of contracting in combat zones.  This hearing examined the current state of U.S. contracting and subcontracting in contingency environments and explored ways in which this system could be strengthened. At the hearing, witnesses discussed problems with our current contracts and oversight mechanisms and suggested ways in which the U.S. government could achieve greater visibility, accountability, and control over contractors and subcontractors. The hearing followed the Subcommittee's recent Majority staff report, Warlord, Inc. Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S Supply Chain in Afghanistan which found that the contractors on the .16 billion Host Nation Trucking (HNT) contract in Afghanistan are paying warlords and militia commanders to provide supply chain security, and that the Department of Defense had little visibility into how these subcontractors actually operate. Those specific findings were discussed at a June 22 Subcommittee hearing. Video provided by the U.S. House of Representatives.