WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., will hold a hearing, “Transforming Wartime Contracting: Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting,” on Wednesday, September 21, at 2:30 p.m. The hearing will examine the recent report issued by the Commission on Wartime Contracting, which found as much as $60 billion has been wasted in the reconstruction and stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. The report offers 15 recommendations to prevent waste and fraud in the future.

Who:
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

What:
Hearing, “Transforming Wartime Contracting: Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting

Where:
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

When:
Wednesday, September 21, 2:30 p.m.

Witnesses:

Panel I

The Honorable Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senate

The Honorable Jim Webb, U.S. Senate

Panel II

Co-Chair Chris Shays, Commission on Wartime Contracting

Panel III

The Honorable Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management, State Department

Richard Ginman; Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy; Defense Department