U.S. spending in Afghanistan plagued by poor U.S. oversight

[demoleft]

Source: mcclatchy

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has spent more than $732 million to improve Afghanistan's electrical grid since 2002, but many of the projects have been plagued by delays and rising costs in part because of poor oversight by the American government, a watchdog agency reports.

Of six projects underway in 2009, only one has been completed on time.

In the report released Friday, auditors with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) blamed poor communication between U.S. officials and the two companies working on the majority of the projects.

While the U.S. Agency for International Development has relied on the companies, Louis Berger and Black & Veatch , for updates on projects, "that reporting has not always been timely or sufficient," SIGAR said.


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the link to the sigar website:
http://www.sigar.mil/

i could not read the report because the internet connection slowed down.

[ixion]

1. Since that's a big 'ol feeding trough for the MIC, that "poor oversight" is by design

because it makes it easier to spread the money around. :puke:

[avaistheone1]

2. Which also means that the US can not meet its goals and "finish the job" on our timetable

if our money is not going to the intended sources in Afghanistan. How convenient we can be there forever. War without end.

[No Elephants]

3. Delays, rising costs and poor oversight in government spending? What a shock.

[rgbecker]

4. When I saw this headline, I thought, NO, NO, it can't be true!