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Title Military contractors : legal status, oversight, and security / Richard M. Quigly, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 153 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents MILITARY CONTRACTORS:LEGAL STATUS, OVERSIGHTAND SECURITY; MILITARY CONTRACTORS:LEGAL STATUS, OVERSIGHTAND SECURITY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRACTORS'SUPPORT OFU. S. OPERATIONS IN IRAQ; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY; COSTS, FUNCTIONS, AND NUMBERS OF CONTRACTORPERSONNEL IN THE IRAQ THEATER; The U.S. Government's Obligations for ContractsPrincipally Performed in the Iraq Theater; Products and Services Provided by Contractors in the Iraq Theater; Counting and Tracking Contractor Personnel in the Iraq Theater; COMPARING PAST AND PRESENT USE OF CONTRACTORSDURING MILITARY OPERATIONS
PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORSCosts for Private Security Contractors and Subcontractors; Costs for PSC Personnel Compared with a Military Alternative; Number of PSC Personnel in Iraq; PSC Personnel Who Are Armed; LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH CONTRACTORPERSONNEL SUPPORTING U.S. OPERATIONS; Restrictions on the Use and Armingof Contractor Personnel; Military Authority over Contractor Personnel; Legal Status of Contractor Personnel; REFERENCES; PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ:BACKGROUND, LEGAL STATUS, AND OTHER ISSUES*; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND
State Department and DOD Private Security Contracts[22]Sources of Controversy; LEGAL STATUS AND AUTHORITIES; International Law; IRAQI LAW (INCLUDING COALITIONPROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDERS); U.S. Law; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; Need for and Suitability of Private Contractors[119]; Oversight and Control/Coordination Issues; Cost Issues; Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy; SELECTED LEGISLATION; S. 674 (Obama) -- Transparency and Accountabilityin Military and Security Contracting Act of 2007; S. 1547 (Levin) -- National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008
H.R. 369 (Price) -- Transparency and Accountabilityin Military and Security Contracting Act of 2007H.R. 528 (Lynch) -- Iraq Contracting Fraud Review Act of 2007; H.R. 663 (Blumenauer) -- New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007; H.R. 897 (Schakowsky) -- Iraq and AfghanistanContractor Sunshine Act; H.R. 1581 (Lantos) -- Iraq Reconstruction Improvement Act of 2007; H.R. 1585 (Skelton) -- National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008; H.R. 2740 (Price) -- MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007; H. Res. 97 (Murphy, Patrick) -- Providing for OperationIraqi Freedom Cost Accountability; REFERENCES
REBUILDING IRAQ: DOD AND STATE DEPARTMENTHAVE IMPROVED OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATIONOF PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ, BUT FURTHER ACTIONS ARE NEEDED TOSUSTAIN IMPROVEMENTS*ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; DOD AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE INCREASED OVERSIGHTEFFORTS REGARDING PSCS, BUT STAFFING AND TRAININGCHALLENGES REMAIN FOR DOD; Multi-National Force-Iraq Has established anOffice to Provide Oversight over DOD PSCs in Iraq; DOD Has Consolidated and Strengthened Its PSC Oversight Guidanceby Requiring Further Incident Investigation
Notes Includes previously published Congressional documents
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Defense contracts -- United States
Government contractors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Contracting out -- United States
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Law and legislation
Private security services -- Law and legislation -- Iraq
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Armed Forces -- Procurement
Contracting out
Defense contracts
Government contractors -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Legislation
Private security services -- Law and legislation
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Procurement. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139879
Subject Iraq
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Quigly, Richard M.
ISBN 9781614703105
1614703108