US Senate hearing: Title: Is DHS Too Dependent on Contractors to Do the Government's Work?
Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 10/17/07 10:30 AM
Member Statements
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman [View PDF]
Today we will examine the extent to which the Department of Homeland Security relies on contractors to carry out its crucial mission to secure our home land from terrorism and natural disaster. Plainly put, we will ask who is in charge at the Department of Homeland Security - its public managers and workers, or its private contractors.Today this Committee is releasing the Government Accountability Office's report, which we requested, in which GAO calls on DHS to improve its oversight of contractors and to better manage the risks associated with relying on contractors. GAO examined 117 statements of work for DHS service contracts and found that over half of those contracts were for services that closely support inherently governmental functions. GAO then examined 9 of these contracts in detail.
Senator Susan M. Collins [View PDF]
Witnesses Testimony: Panel 1
- John Hutton [View PDF] , Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management , Government Accountability Office
- Elaine C. Duke [View PDF] , Chief Procurement Officer , U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Steven L. Schooner [View PDF] , Co-Director , Government Procurement Law Program, The George Washington University