The Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 (S.2139)

Date: April 17, 2012
Time: 10:30am
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-342
Agenda:

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 10:30 a.m., the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight held a hearing entitled, “The Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 (S.2139).”  Senator McCaskill and Senator Webb introduced S.2139 on February 29, 2012.  The legislation is based on the findings and recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (the Commission), which were presented in its final report to Congress in August 2011. 

The purpose of this hearing was to review S.2139.  The hearing examined how S.2139 remedies systemic problems in contingency contracting.  The hearing also provided an opportunity to discuss what additional steps, if any, may be required to fully address findings in prior hearings and investigations by the Commission, Congress, and others regarding contracting in overseas military contingencies.

Member Statements

Senator

Claire

McCaskill,

(D -
 MO)

Ranking Member

Rob

Portman

(R -
 OH)

Witnesses

Panel 1

The Honorable

Jim

Webb

Senator

U.S. Senate

Panel 2

Richard

Ginman

Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy

U.S. Department of Defense

Panel 2

The Honorable

Patrick

Kennedy

Under Secretary for Management

U.S. Department of State

Panel 2

Angelique

Crumbly

Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Management

U.S. Agency for International Development

Panel 3

Lynne

Halbrooks

Acting Inspector General

U.S. Department of Defense

Panel 3

Harold

Geisel

Deputy Inspector General

U.S. Department of State

Panel 3

Michael G.

Carroll

Acting Inspector General

U.S. Agency for International Development