Wartime Contracting in Afghanistan: Analysis and Issues for Congress

Schwartz, Moshe

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: war;    Defense contracts;    Cost of war;    Defense economics;    Defense budgets;   

RP-ID  :  R42084
RP-ID  :  R42084_2011Nov14

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Government contracting in Afghanistan and other wartime environments is different than contracting in peacetime. In peacetime, the goal of contracting is generally to obtain the good or service that is required. The measurements of success are generally getting the right good or service, on schedule, and at a fair price. In wartime, however-and particularly in a counterinsurgency environment-cost, schedule, and performance are often secondary to larger strategic goals of promoting security and denying popular support for the insurgency.