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In the wake of controversy over private military contracting, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 established the Commission on Wartime Contracting to investigate the issue. The commission is expected to issue an interim report in 2009 and a final report in 2010. The commission should pro­mote recommendations to improve the government's capacity to make and oversee contracts in an "expedi­tionary" wartime environment, advocate a more robust and capable contracting force, and propose better doctrine and management processes for decid­ing when hiring contractors to support military oper­ations is most useful.

Republic ofUnited statesJerry bremerJacquess ganslerGeorgew bushHouse committee on government reformBush administrationArmy expeditionary contractingArmy audit agencyUs armyGovernment accountability officeOperations research societyCommission on wartime contractingOperations researchNational defense authorizationIraq coalition provisional authority