The Senate is now debating and amending the Defense Department authorization act. Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), along with all the other Democratic freshman Senators, are pushing an amendment that would set up a commission to investigate wartime contracting. In light of the Blackwater scandal, we need a comprehensive review of military contracting. The public deserves answers for why so many contracts have gone wrong. We need to know whether contractors work efficiently, and if the military holds contractors to appropriate standards. We hope this commission would set in motion reforms of the contracting system, in the military and in general. See our letter of support for more information. Also see the Project on Government Oversight's letter.