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This paper provides an overview of a report produced by the Commission on Wartime Contracting created by the US Congress to study the acquisition process in Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and the impact of the extent of private military contracting on the operations. The author also provides an overview of a response to the report produced by the US Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), which aimed to provide strategic-level guidance to federal agencies to assess risk and accountability when outsourcing critical functions and closely related, inherently governmental functions to private contractors.