Iraqi Contractors Complain About U.S. Work Rules

摘要

Iraqi contractors are expressing frustration following their initiation into the mysteries of government contracting, American-style. Contract opportunities under the $18.6-billion supplemental budget for Iraqi reconstruction are a powerful lure, but the bidding process and contract requirements of the Coalition Provisional Authority's Project Management Office look daunting to many. Insurgents have targeted people collaborating with CPA, but interest in reconstruction work funded by the U.S. and other donor nations is high. Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says that 170,000 Iraqis are "trained and on the street" in security roles ranging from police to civil defense to pipeline and powerline security.