Oversight

Improving Federal Contract Auditing

Date: February 1, 2011
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-342
Agenda:

The hearing examined how federal agencies use contract audits to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracts. In particular, the hearing reviewed the findings of the Subcommittee’s ongoing investigation of the type and number of contract audits at federal agencies. The hearing also examined the role played by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) in performing contract audits for agencies other than the Defense Department.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Thomas

Skelly

Acting Chief Financial Officer

U.S. Department of Education

Panel 1

Ingrid

Kolb

Director, Office of Management, Office of Deputy Secretary

U.S. Department of Energy

Panel 1

The Honorable

Brian

Miller

Inspector General

U.S. General Services Administration

Panel 1

Patrick

Fitzgerald

Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency

U.S. Department of Defense

Panel 2

Jeanette

Franzel

Managing Director, Financial Management and Assurance

U.S. Governnment Accountability Office

Panel 2

E. Sanderson

Hoe

Partner, McKenns Long & Aldrige

On behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Panel 2

Nick

Schwellenbach

Director of Investigations

Project On Government Oversight