HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Lax oversight of the U.S. government's workers' compensation program for its contractors and subcontractors in Afghanistan has resulted in the loss of tens of millions of dollars and workers going without the required in often hazardous conditions, an audit released Thursday found.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found numerous problems after a contracting officer for the Montana National Guard raised the alarm last year about the DBA program, named after the Defense Base Act of 1941 that requires the insurance for overseas contractors.
"The U.S. government has paid millions—perhaps hundreds of millions—of premium dollars ... and has received little or nothing in return," Maj. Brad Willcockson wrote in his October letter to Sen. Jon Tester of Montana.
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