Improper contract management may be costing Air Force

Billions of dollars in Air Force projects may have cost more than they were worth, according to a report by the Inspector General for the Department of Defense.

For almost half the projects the DOD IG reviewed, worth almost $9 billion, the Air Force didn’t properly enforce rules that keep contract expenses down. Project managers inconsistently followed the process for using cost-reimbursable contracts, which lack a fixed price.