Report Seeks Sole Agency to Rebuild War Zones

[laststeamtrain]

Source: NYT

February 22, 2010
Report Seeks Sole Agency to Rebuild War Zones
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

The government agency responsible for monitoring American reconstruction work in Iraq has proposed the creation of a single organization to oversee future rebuilding to avoid the fraud and waste that have marred this work in the past.

The report, released Monday by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, said an organization with sole authority for reconstruction would eliminate much of the confusion and interagency rivalries that have hampered rebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The $53 billion reconstruction effort in Iraq is the largest such effort by the United States since the Marshall Plan, though many Iraqis complain that the spending has made little difference in a country where electricity, clean water, health care and housing remain insufficient.

The proposed organization, the United States Office for Contingency Operations, would oversee every aspect of rebuilding, including contracting and budgeting, according to the plan outlined in the report. The agency would be established by Congress, but would be independent.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/world/middleeast/22iraq.html

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Centralized war profiteering! What a country!

[PSPS]

1. It will have an appropriate acronym

United States Office for Contingency Operations = USoCo

[rooftoprevolutionary]

2. ah, the corpotacracy...

would be independent but established by congress...sounds kinda like, hey guys, you create this agency and we'll give you loads of cash from the private sector...
at least it's nice to know that the government is a figurehead for corporate interest - it's great that we elect public officials to support our interests and govern in our name and they literally just do anything and everything to make sure the opposite comes to pass.
we don't need a smaller government, we just need a government that can govern!

[Arctic Dave]

3. Stop blowing shit up and killing people and this agency is not needed.