Bill to establish Commission on Wartime Contracting

From Senator Webb's website:

FRESHMEN SENATORS CALL FOR COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE WARTIME CONTRACTING
Washington, DC - Senate Democratic freshmen today introduced a bill to establish an independent, bipartisan Commission on Wartime Contracting to investigate U.S. wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Commission would significantly increase transparency and accountability and generate important solutions for systematic contracting problems, potentially saving taxpayers billions of dollars.
The Commission will study and investigate the impact of the government's growing reliance on civilian contractors to perform wartime functions. It will assess the extent of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement of wartime contracts, and the extent to which those responsible have been held accountable.
The Commission will work in consultation with a newly-expanded Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) that will be authorized to audit defense wartime contracts for logistics support, as well as other federal agency contracts for security and intelligence functions in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. This collaborative effort will result in specific findings and recommendations to improve inter-agency wartime contracting.

Copy of the bill establishing an independent, bi-partisan Commission on Wartime Contracting.
Summary of the amendment including the latest co-sponsors.
Press Release on freshmen Senator's press conference introducing the Commission.
Audio from Senator Webb's remarks at the freshman Senators' press conference.
Video from Senator Webb's press conference on legislation to establish independent, bipartisan Commission on Wartime Contracting to investigate U.S. contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.