The struggle to police foreign subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Schwellenbach and Lagan Sebert

To win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Iraq, military experts want U.S. companies to contract with local firms for a variety of tasks li

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Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg

KBR subcontractor in Iraq gets U.S. contracts despite human trafficking allegations

By Ben Wieder

Winning contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity and The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpts from this story referencing "Michael Thibault":

"… control by prime contractors and good oversight by the government,” said Michael Thibault, co-chair of the Wartime Contracting Commission, in a press release, “we …"

Wartime contracting getting new scrutiny on the ground

By Nick Schwellenbach

Here comes the cavalry, of sorts. Fifteen members and staff from the congressionally-created Commission on Wartime Contracting have left sta

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Failure to regulate security contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity

Former Blackwater employees accuse security contractor of defrauding government

By Nick Schwellenbach and Carol D. Leonnig

Private contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity

Windfalls of war: Pentagon's competition for contracts abysmal compared to other agencies

By Sharon Weinberger

Excerpts from this story referencing "Michael Thibault":

"… s no substitute for first-hand investigation,” said Commission co-chair Michael Thibault. “There are about 200,000 contract employees working in Iraq and Afghani …"

As Afghanistan contracting surges, who's following the money?

By Christine Spolar

U.S. agencies fail to coordinate, inviting waste and abuse

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Winning contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity and The Center for Public Integrity

USAID, Pentagon struggle to make water projects in Afghanistan sustainable

By Laurel Adams

State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

By Laurel Adams

Policing the world

By Caitlin Ginley and Laurel Adams

Excerpts from this story referencing "Michael Thibault":

"… he agencies have yet to coordinate their work.The commission’s chairman, Michael Thibault, sharply questioned Ambassador John Herbst, the State Department’s Coord …"