Contracting Preferences for Alaska Native Corporations
Oversight
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-342
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Member Statements
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Senator Claire McCaskill, D (MO)Download Statement (49k)
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Senator Susan M. Collins R (ME)Download Statement (1036k)
Agenda
The preference given Alaska Native Corporations in federal procurement was intended to provide economic opportunities for impoverished Alaskan communities. But it has become a vehicle for avoiding competition and passing work through to large, non-Native contractors. In 2006, GAO called the provisions an “open checkbook.” The hearing examined new findings from federal auditors and explore potential abuses in the award, management, and oversight of these contract vehicles. Additional information and materials relating to this hearing are available at http://mccaskill.senate.gov/issues/soco/docs.cfm
Witnesses
Panel 1
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Ms. Debra RittDownload Testimony (37k)Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, Office of Inspector GeneralU.S. Small Business Administration
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Joseph JordanDownload Testimony (38k)Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business DevelopmentU.S. Small Business Administration
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Mr. Shay AssadDownload Testimony (25k)Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & TechnologyU.S. Department of Defense
Panel 2
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Ms. Sarah LukinDownload Testimony (2003k)Executive DirectorNative American Contractors Association
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Ms. Jacqueline Johnson PataDownload Testimony (144k)Executive DirectorNational Congress of American Indians
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Ms. Julie KitkaDownload Testimony (82k)PresidentAlaska Federation of Natives
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Mr. Mark LumerDownload Testimony (45k)Senior Vice President, Federal ProgramsCirrus Technology, Inc
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Ms. Christina SchneiderDownload Testimony (76k)Chief Financial OfficerPurcell Construction Corporation