Washington - Abaphicothi-zincwadi basemkhosini abakwazanga ukugqibezela uphicotho lweenkqubo zoshishino zenkampani ese-Ohio-iMishini yabaSebenzi abaBalulekileyo-nangona yayihlawule ibhiliyoni enye yeedola zomsebenzi ubukhulu becala e-Afghanistan kule minyaka mine idlulileyo.
NgoSeptemba ka-2007 i-US Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) yawonga iMission Essential Personnel (MEP) ikhontrakthi yeminyaka emihlanu exabisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-414 yezigidi zeedola ukubonelela nge-1,691 yabaguquleli e-Afghanistan. I-MEP yayiyinkampani yokuqalisa eyadalwa ngamadoda amathathu, kuquka u-Chad Monnin, i-US Army Special Forces reservist owenzakele kwingozi yeparashute. Imithetho yokuthenga inika ukhetho kwiinkampani ezizezabantu abangamagqala abonzakeleyo, nokuba abanawo amava angaphambili.
Xa abalawuli baka-Obama bagqiba kwelokuba bandise imfazwe e-Afghanistan kulo nyaka uphelileyo, i-MEP yakhawuleza yabetha isilingi yento ebenokuyihlawula. Ngomhla we-10 kaMeyi, i-INSCOM yanika i-MEP i-679 yezigidigidi ze-dollar eyongezelelweyo ngaphandle kokuzikhathaza ukuyibeka kwi-bid yokhuphiswano. I-MEP iya kufumana kwakhona isabelo seeNkonzo zeNkxaso ye-Intelligence ye-Omnibus III, ikhontrakthi yeminyaka emihlanu, kunye nesilingi ye-492 yezigidi zeedola, ibhengezwe ngo-Agasti 10, i-2010.
Zimbini kuphela ezinye iikontraka ezibambe iikhontrakthi zeebhiliyoni zeedola zokubonelela abaguquleli kumajoni kunye noonozakuzaku kwiGlobal War on Terror - L- 3/Titan kunye neGlobal Linguist Services - bobabini baphandwa ngezityholo zokuhlawulisa, becebisa ukuba olu hlobo umsebenzi uwela kudidi olunomngcipheko omkhulu wenkcitho karhulumente.
Ukanti i-Arhente yoPhicotho lweSivumelwano soKhuselo (DCAA) ayiphumelelanga ukwenza uphicotho olupheleleyo lweenkqubo zoshishino kwi-MEP.
Exhalabile malunga nokungaphumeleli kwe-DCAA, uChristopher Shays, omnye wabahleli beKomishoni kwiKhontrakthi yeMfazwe uxelele i-CEO ye-MEP uChris Taylor: "Akuyomfuneko ukuba ukhuphisane nayo, kwaye wena, nokuba yintoni na iindleko zakho, ufumana into kunye, kwaye awukhange ube nalo naluphi na uphicotho." UShays waqinisekisa i-MEP ukuba wayengacebisi ukuba inkampani yenze nantoni na engalunganga, iphinda iphinda ithi ikhomishini ithathela ingqalelo i-MEP "ibali elikhulu lempumelelo yaseMelika."
"Okwangoku sinabaphicothi-zincwadi be-DCAA kwipropati yethu eColumbus, e-Ohio, basebenza ngenani lemiba yophicotho-zincwadi. Kodwa siyayamkela, "uTaylor utshele ikhomishini. "Singoku kwi-2008 kunye ne-2009 yethu yokungeniswa kweendleko," wongezelela, ebhekisela kwii-invoyisi ezithunyelwa yinkampani i-INSCOM ukuba ihlawulwe.
UMlawuli we-DCAA uPatrick Fitzgerald uthi ingxaki yayikukuba ikhontrakthi ikhule ngokukhawuleza kunokuba bekulindelwe. "Ngaba sisemva kwegophe? Ewe. Bekufanele ukuba singene apho ngokukhawuleza, "watshela abakomishinala. "Amava ethu abonise ukuba xa iikontraka zikhula ngokukhawuleza, iinkqubo, iinkqubo kunye neenkqubo zineengxaki zokuhambisana nokukhula."
Xa ebuzwa ukuba aphendule kwiintlawulo ezibekwe kwi-DCAA kwi-hearing, isithethi se-Pentagon sithumele i-imeyile le ngxelo ilandelayo: "Sivumelene nekhomishini ukuba izibonelelo ezongezelelweyo zifunekayo kwi-MEP kwaye sisebenze ukuqinisekisa ukuba iimpahla ezongezelelweyo ze-DCAA zibhekiswe kwi-MEP." Isithethi siqikelele ukuba siya kugqiba "umsebenzi omninzi wophicotho olufunekayo ukuvavanya iinkqubo zoshishino ze-MEP kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezizayo."
Imbali yeDCAA
I-DCAA yongamela ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha setriliyoni yeedola zemali yabarhafi minyaka le. Ifanele ukuba yenze "umgca wokuqala wokuzikhusela" ngokuchasene urhwaphilizo xa iPentagon ibhatala nantoni na ukusuka kwi-bunker-buster-bhombu esuka kwi-Lockheed Martin, ukuya kwiirokethi ezivela e-Boeing, okanye xa ikhupha imisebenzi yenkxaso yomkhosi njengoko yenzayo xa ihlawula i-Halliburton subsidiary, I-KBR, ukuqesha abantu baseSri Lanka ukuba bacoce izindlu zangasese e-Iraq.
Yasekwa ngo-1965 ukubonelela i-US Air Force, Army, Navy, kunye neSebe le-Ordnance ngokujongwa okufanayo kweekontraka, i-DCAA yaqala ukuba nekomkhulu kwi-Alexandria evaliweyo ngoku, kwiSitishi sase-Virginia Cameron, isakhiwo esibandayo esingenafestile esifakwe imiqolo yeedesika zentsimbi ezingwevu.
I-DCAA yanda ngokukhawuleza. Ngo-1966, ibinabasebenzi abangama-3,662 kwilizwe lonke kunye nokongamela ngaphezulu kwe-21.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Njengoko iMfazwe yaseVietnam yaya isanda, i-DCAA's "Flying Squad" yayiza kubhabha ii-helicopter ze-Huey ukuya phambili kwiziseko zehlathi ukujonga umsebenzi owenziwe ngabakontraki.
Ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1980 iDCAA yayinabasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-6,000 kwaye namhlanje, nekomkhulu eFort Belvoir, eVirginia, ineeofisi ezingama-300 kunye neeofisi ezincinci kwihlabathi jikelele.
Kule minyaka ingama-45 idlulileyo, ukongamela kwe-DCAA yeedola zekhontrakthi kuye kwanda ngaphezu kokuphindwe kane (kulungiselwe ukunyuka kwamaxabiso) ukuya kuma-501 eebhiliyoni zeedola kwiindleko ezicetywayo okanye ezibango zekontraki ezifuna uphicotho lwe-30,352 ngo-2008.
Akumangalisi ukuba abasebenzi be-arhente baye basokola ukuhambisana nemfuno, kwaye ukusukela phaya ngeminyaka yoo-1980, ibinomsebenzi osemva weminyaka emithandathu ukuya kwesixhenxe ukugqiba uphicotho-zincwadi. Le lag ibe nempembelelo enkulu kwiintlawulo kwiikontraka zomkhosi, eziye zahlawulwa kuphela i-85 yepesenti yeendleko ekuhanjisweni kweenkonzo, kunye neepesenti ezili-15 eziseleyo zahlawulwa kwiminyaka emininzi kamva - kuphela ukuba abaphicothi-zincwadi banelisekile.
IMad Metrics Meltdown
I-DCAA ifumene ithuba lokutshintsha le rekhodi yokungasebenzi kakuhle kwi-1993 xa u-Vice-President u-Al Gore wonyulwa ukuba aqhube ikhomishini "yokuvuselela urhulumente" ukuba "asebenze ngcono, angabizi kakhulu, kwaye afumane iziphumo abantu baseMelika abakhathaleleyo." Ngaphantsi kwegunya le-Gore, uMlawuli we-DCAA uBill Reed, wayalela ukuba utshintsho olukhulu kwindlela i-arhente iqhube ngayo uphicotho.
Inyathelo lokuqala yayikukuxelela abaphicothi-zincwadi ukuba babambe ngokukhawuleza. Owayesakuba ngumphicothi-zincwadi ophezulu we-DCAA waxelela i-IPS ukuba lo myalelo waphunyezwa njani: "Siye savala uphicotho-zincwadi olungekagqitywa lweedola ngokujonga kwelinye icala."
Emva koko, uReed wayala abasebenzi bakhe ukuba bagxininise ekusebenzeni "kweemitha."
"Ukuyibeka ngokuthe ngqo; ixabiso eliphantsi, elikhawulezayo, elingcono," owayesakuba ngumlawuli we-DCAA u-April Stephenson uya kukhumbula kamva. Iileyibhile ezininzi zokubeka iliso kunye nolawulo zenziwe ukuqinisekisa ukuba abasebenzi balugqibile nolona phicotho lunzima kakhulu ngaphantsi kweentsuku ezingama-30. Kodwa ixesha lokulandelela phantsi kwenkqubo entsha ye "Defense Management Information System" lihlala lithatha ixesha elide kunophicotho olukhawulezayo, loyisa yonke injongo yokwenza inkqubo isebenze ngcono.
"Ukunyibilika kweeMetrikhi eziMad!" wabhala owayesakuba ngumphicothi-zincwadi ophezulu kwi-DCAA kwicandelo leengxelo zemagazini yeSigqeba sikaRhulumente. "Ukusetyenziswa komgangatho wobunjineli kunye nomgangatho wefektri kwimisebenzi yobuchwephesha yinto eyonqenayo, enobungozi, echasene nengqiqo yokulawula kakubi."
Ukugxotha uMlawuli
NgoSeptemba 2008, uMlawuli we-DCAA u-Aprili Stephenson ubhengeze into ebonakala ngathi yinguqu enkulu: I-arhente yayiza kulahla i-18 ye-metrics ye-19 kwaye ivale i-Webmetrics, inkqubo yesofthiwe yokulawula ukusebenza kwabasebenzi.
Isethi entsha "yemigangatho" emitsha eli-11 ebandakanya "iimetriki" ezingqinisisekayo ezisibhozo yabhengezwa. UStephenson wonyula uKaren K. Cash, usekela mlawuli we-DCAA kwimisebenzi, ukuba alandelele izikhalazo zabasebenzi ezimenywe kwiwebhusayithi engaziwa.
NgoNovemba ophelileyo, iPentagon yagqiba ekubeni uStephenson wayengenguye umntu ofanelekileyo ukuba atshintshe i-arhente. Waphinda wanikwa umsebenzi kwaye uPatrick Fitzgerald, owayesakuba ngumlawuli we-Arhente yoPhicotho loMkhosi wase-US, wathatha iintambo.
I-DCAA iyacotha
Ngexesha lemali ka-2008, ixesha eliphakathi lokugqibezela "uphononongo lwamaxabiso ekontraka" yayiziintsuku ezingama-28. Namhlanje umsebenzi ofanayo uthatha iintsuku ezingama-72. โOlunye uphicotho lwethu luthatha ixesha elide kuba senza umsebenzi obanzi,โ uFitzgerald uxelele iGovernment Executive magazine ngoJulayi. "Ukuba kukho ezinye izinto ezibangela ukuba sithathe ixesha elide, kufuneka senze ukuntywila nzulu kwezo kwaye sizame ukufumanisa indlela yokunciphisa okanye ukunciphisa."
Ngenxa yoko i-DCAA ithi ayisayi kuphinda ikwazi ukuhambisana neemetrics zika-2008 - uphicotho lwe-30,000 olugubungela ngaphezu kwe-500 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiindleko ezicetywayo okanye ezibango zekontraki. Ukufumana uphicotho oluphosiweyo, olufana nolo lwe-MEP, uFitzgerald uthi i-DCAA iqeshe abaphicothi-zincwadi abatsha abangama-500 kwaye iya kongeza i-1,000 ngaphezulu kwiminyaka emine ezayo.
"Sikwasebenzela ukubeka phambili umsebenzi wophicotho-zincwadi kwaye siqinisekise ukuba uphicotho-zincwadi olusemngciphekweni omkhulu luchongiwe kwaye lugqitywe ngexesha elifanelekileyo," isithethi sePentagon sixelele i-IPS, siphawula ukuba i-arhente ngoku isebenzela ukwenza isicwangciso esitsha, kwaye siya kuphinda sihlaziye. -vavanya imilinganiselo yokusebenza emitsha eyaziswa ngo-2008.
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