{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"ISAF\u2019s New Counterinsurgency Contracting Guidance","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article41700.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article41700.html'\u003EISAF\u2019s New Counterinsurgency Contracting Guidance\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn September 8, 2010, after nine years of contracting abuses and mismanagement, NATO\u2019s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) issued its solution, which is set out in the \u201cCOMISAF Counterinsurgency Contracting Guidance.\u201d  This impressive title overshadows the actual text of the guidelines, which say little and fail to address any of the core contracting problems. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n\tThe Guidance stresses the importance of transparency, yet this is simply window dressing to appease (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}