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[ inaudible conversations ] Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the Department Reform effort. We welcome our witnesses ellen lord under secretary of defense for technology. Mark es per. Secretary of the army. Heather wilson secretary of the air force. And james gerts assistant secretary of the navy for research and development. Acquisition reform is wup of the most important frustrating topics we address. For years, we have been warned that america is losing its technology advantage. I hope you have seen the work on this topic. That is why the department of defense nee...

The Senate Arms Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the acquisition reform efforts. We welcome our witnesses, ellen lord, mark esper, secretary of the army, heather wilson, secretary of the air force, and james gerts, assistant secretary of the navy for ak we ziglaskk acquisition. I hope you all have seen the work by rand on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform, not just for efficiency or to save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address the threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense...

We addressed those to director munoz and greg starr. Today agreed at the meeting to improve coordination and collaboration. At a later date in a meeting with director munoz, she developed colleagues to work with senior colleagues in d. S. We believe the coordination is improving, certainly in washington. We are not able to speak to the relationship in the field. Thank you. I want to see if i can put this in context a little bit. Ambassador hayes, i would like to ask questions from the view of the Inspector Generals office. I understand staffing attica bull increased since 2002. Is that right ....

I do. Thats the exact figurersment the scope of the project is 2. 2 billion. The em if a sis is on desks. Isnt it by the end of the year rethe administration is supposed to have all the troops out . Do you know . By the end of ethics year well have probably one of the best arrays of desks you have ever seen in any post. I was over there and some of the Foreign Ministry folks. Are are we going to be buddy 31 . Does anyone know . If i may this refers back to the point i head that we have tried to be flexible and responsive in terms of staffing. I know. But again, a desk would suppose a person is...

Notified the congress that they needed additional funds because the threat required over head cover for their temporary facilities. In 200 they contracted for temporary buildings that did not specify the need for overhead cover. Let me give an opportunity for miss muniz from your perspective on that question of not accepting all the standards and where youre at now. Sir the recommendation to have different standards for temporary structures has struck us as strange. We try there are different facilities . Well, the problem is that invariably when i have seen standards for temporary structures ...