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Outsourcing the Pentagon

By The Center for Public Integrity

Methodology and acknowledgements

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Surge in outsourcing creates problems in performance, oversight

By The Center for Public Integrity

Winning contractors – An update

By Daniel Politi

The big business of small business

By Elizabeth Brown

GSA tracks contractors’ work in database off-limits to public

By Jim Morris

Flaws in Iraqi police contract raise questions about Afghan effort

By Christine Spolar

Department of State failed to perform oversight on contract to build Iraqi police force

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Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Winning contractors

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

State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

By Laurel Adams

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

By Sharon Weinberger

Afghan police training bedeviled by delays

By The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

Pentagon to re-bid on Afghan police training contracts and keep spending billions

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Army's mishandling of Afghanistan police contract boosted costs

By Zach Toombs

To speed recruits, U.S. cuts Afghan police training to six weeks

By Christine Spolar

Military training of Afghan National Police mired in contract dispute

By Christine Spolar

Millions of dollars in U.S. aid wasted in Afghanistan

By Zach Toombs

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Sending troops home could pave way for more non-competitive defense contracting

By R. Jeffrey Smith

After more than ten years of conflict, and around $1 trillion spent, what will troop drawdown mean for Department of Defense?

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Windfalls of war: Pentagon's no-bid contracts triple in 10 years of war

By Sharon Weinberger

Outsourcing the Pentagon

By Larry Makinson

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg

Top 100 Contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Army's mishandling of Afghanistan police contract boosted costs

By Zach Toombs

The cost of a billion-dollar program jumps 14 percent in just the first four months.

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Afghan police training bedeviled by delays

By The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

Government auditor challenges White House account of Afghanistan security

By Richard H.P. Sia

Lost, stolen, sold? Tracking U.S. weapons in Afghanistan

By Te-Ping Chen

Millions of dollars in U.S. aid wasted in Afghanistan

By Zach Toombs

Invasion of Iraq, 10 years later

By The Center for Public Integrity

A look back at the Center's coverage of the path to invasion and the cost of war.

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Inside a war-time contract

By André Verlöy

Contractors failing troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg

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Pentagon claims $757 million overbilling by contractor in Afghanistan

By Richard H.P. Sia

Lawmakers are upset that the Pentagon kept giving billions of dollars to a food supplier for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

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Pentagon negotiates with indicted contractor, despite suspension

By Amy Biegelsen

Early warning

By Alan Green

Overbilling by overseas contractors, plus lax oversight means money is being wasted

By Nick Schwellenbach

Invasion of Iraq, 10 years later

By The Center for Public Integrity

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