This shelf provides resources associated with theory and practice of contracting for military operations. This is a stub — please contribute!

Faculty Publications:

• Galvin, Thomas P. and Andrew A. Hill, “Contracting at the Strategic Level,” DM Faculty Paper #RC-001.

Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):

• DASA (Policy & Procurement). Contingency Contracting Handbook (Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 2006).
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Performance of Commercial Activities, OMB Circular A-76 Revised (Washington, DC: OMB, May 29, 2003).

Strategies and Reports:

• Berteau, David, et al. “U.S. Department of Defense Services Contract Spending and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2011” (presentation, Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2012), https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-department-defense-services-contract-spending-and-supporting-industrial-base-2000-2011
• Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (CWCIA):
  • ​​​​​​​At What Cost? Contingency Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Interim Report (Washington, DC: CWCIA, June 2009).
  • “Defense agencies must improve their oversight of contractor business systems to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse,” CWC Special Report 1 (Washington, DC: CWCIA, September 2009).
  • Transforming Wartime Contracting: Controlling Costs, Reducing Risks, Final Report to Congress (Washington, DC: CWCIA, August 2011).
  • Additional reports are also available here: https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/cwc/20110929231202/http://www.wartimecontracting.gov/index.php/reports
• Congressional Budget Office, Contractors’ Support of U.S. Operations in Iraq (Washington, DC: Congressional Budget Office, 2008).
• Hutton, John P. DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Improved Management and Oversight Needed to Better Control DOD’s Acquisition of Services, testimony to the Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations, Report #GAO-08-832T (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2008).
• Hutton, John P. CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING: DOD, State, and USAID Continue to Face Challenges in Tracking Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, report to Congressional Committees, Report #GAO-10-1 (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2009).
• Lepore, Brian. DEFENSE BUDGET: Trends in Operation and Maintenance Costs and Support Services Contracting, Report #GAO-07-631 (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2007).
• Peters, Heidi M. Defense Primer: Department of Defense Contractors, Report #IF10600 (Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2021).
• Schwartz, Moshe. Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background and Analysis, Report #R40764 (Washington, DC: Congressional Budget Office: December 2009 version | September 2009 version
• Schwartz, Moshe and Jennifer Church. Department of Defense’s Use of Contractors to Support Military Operations: Background, Analysis, and Issues for Congress, Report #R43074 (Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, May 2013).
• Solis, William M., MILITARY OPERATIONS: High-Level DOD Action Needed to Address Long-Standing Problems with Management and Oversight of Contractors Supporting Deployed Forces, Report #GAO-07-145 (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2006).

Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):

• White, Katherine E., Government Contracting Should be a Core Competence for U.S. Military Personnel (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2014).