Middle East Regional Office. Performance Audit of the U.S. Training Center Contract for Personal Protective Services in Afghanistan

摘要

In June 2005, U.S. Training Center (USTC) then known as Blackwater Lodge and Training, a private security company was awarded a base contract with four option years under the Department of States second Worldwide Personal Protective Services contract. Subsequently, in February 2006, USTC was awarded Task Order 4 to provide personal protection to officials under the authority of chiefs of mission in Afghanistan. From the start of the task order in February of 2006 until April of 2009, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) has obligated to USTC a total of $137 million. Over that period, USTC had a total of 119 personal protective service employees in Afghanistan. The Middle East Regional Office (MERO) of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated this work under the authority of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, due to concerns about the Departments exercise of control over the performance of security contractors. The objectives of this review were to deter-mine: (1) the requirements and provisions of the contract and task orders; (2) the costs and funding sources of the contract and task orders; (3) how well the Department is administering the contract and task orders to provide proper oversight of the contractors performance in Afghanistan; and (4) how the contractor performs its personal protective service tasks in Afghanistan. This performance review combined the objectives of two originally announced reviews.