id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt uc1.31822037824430 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Transition in Iraq : is the State Department prepared to take the lead? : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, September 23, 2010 2011 .txt text/plain 8822 568 66 TRANSITION IN IRAQ: IS THE STATE DEPARTMENT PREPARED TO TAKE THE LEAD? As we reduce the number of troops in Iraq, many duties now performed by the military will be transferred to the State Department. For example, the Wartime Contracting Commission estimates that State will need more than double the number of security contractors it currently has in Iraq, to as many as With the huge increase in the number of contractors and contracting costs, the State Department will need to closely monitor Unfortunately, providing effective contract oversight has not been the State Department's strongest suit. Even the State Department's Assistant Secretary of Management has acknowledged a lack of contract experience and expertise Contracting Commission estimates that State will need more than double the number of security We have conducted four audits of their police training program, the largest contract in State Department history, $1.2 billion, managed by INL, ./cache/uc1.31822037824430.pdf ./txt/uc1.31822037824430.txt