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I didn't say there weren't problems, I said they did a great job of providing the services they set themselves up to do at the out set of the wars
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I dont think overcharging the govt by $tens of millions and not providing documentation for other costs in the range of $hundreds of millions af the outset of the war is doing a "great job."
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... And the system was set up to allow them to happen.
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I hope you would be supportive of Obama's proposal to begin to address the systemic problems...or at least view it with an open mind:
...I further direct the Director of OMB, in collaboration with the aforementioned officials and councils, and with input from the public, to develop and issue by September 30, 2009, Government-wide guidance to:
(1) govern the appropriate use and oversight of sole-source and other types of noncompetitive contracts and to maximize the use of full and open competition and other competitive procurement processes;
(2) govern the appropriate use and oversight of all contract types, in full consideration of the agency's needs, and to minimize risk and maximize the value of Government contracts generally, consistent with the regulations to be promulgated pursuant to section 864 of Public Law 110-417;
(3) assist agencies in assessing the capacity and ability of the Federal acquisition workforce to develop, manage, and oversee acquisitions appropriately; and
(4) clarify when governmental outsourcing for services is and is not appropriate, consistent with section 321 of Public Law 110-417 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_...t-Contracting/
I dont expect it to fix the systemic problems but its a start and I dont recall such proposed contracting reform by the previous administration