Windfalls of War

Updates

Since our initial release on Oct. 31, 2003, we have striven to keep abreast of all contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq and published a series of ongoing stories on the state of contracting work in the region. The week after the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred power to the Iraqis, we released three stories, including an update on the number of companies doing work in the two war-torn countries and their contract values. The overall ranking has been updated with the addition of 63 new companies and the site currently lists 90 actual contracts and task orders. This includes the previously classified Kellogg, Brown & Root oil contract, which the Center obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers. More than 150 companies with contracts worth up to $48.7 billion for work in Iraq and Afghanistan are now listed on the site.
Documents Reveal Concern Regarding Halliburton Contracts
A top Army contracting officer asks for an independent investigation
WASHINGTON, November 3, 2004 — Documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity show that the Army Corps of Engineers ignored sharp objections by its top procurement official concerning Halliburton contracts in Iraq and the Balkans. >>
Halliburton Contracts Balloon
Despite being under an investigative cloud, company gets $4.3 billion in 2003
WASHINGTON, August 18, 2004 — The oil services company Halliburton, largely through its subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root, has received more revenue from government contracts in the last year than from 1998 through 2002. In 2003, when the company had record revenue of $16.3 billion, Halliburton received contracts from the Department of Defense worth $4.3 billion, while in the previous five years it obtained less than $2.5 billion from the military, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity. >>
Contracting Intelligence
Department of Interior releases Abu Ghraib contract
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2004 — The Center for Public Integrity has obtained the 11 work orders worth $66.2 million awarded to CACI International Inc., the company at the heart of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq. Details of the work orders did not come to light until last April, when reports emerged of U.S. interrogators allegedly abusing prisoners at the notorious Baghdad prison. >>
Winning Contractors – An Update
As the number of contracts rises, problems continue to plague the contracting process
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2004 — More than 150 American companies have received contracts worth up to $48.7 billion for work in postwar Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the latest update of the Center for Public Integrity's Windfalls of War project. This figure represents an increase of 82 companies and more than $40 billion since the Center first released its study of contracts awarded to U.S. companies for postwar work in Afghanistan and Iraq on Oct. 30, 2003.

 See also Inside a War-Time Contract — A timeline of Fuel Distribution Task Order 0005 >>
Contractors Write the Rules
Army policy governing use of contractors omits intelligence restrictions
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2004 — A private military company that has won contracts to assist the U.S. military in Iraq wrote the Pentagon rules for contractors on the battlefield. >>
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