Thursday, March 19, 2009

House Armed Services Committee: schedule for the week of March 23 – 27, 2009

House Armed Services Committee: schedule for the week of March 23 – 27, 2009
Ike Skelton, Chairman
For planning purposes: March 19, 2009

The House Armed Services Committee announces the following schedule for the week of March 23 – 27, 2009:

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 – 10:00 am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Joint Military Personnel and Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittees will meet to receive testimony on Department of Defense Health Information Technology: AHTLA is “Intolerable,” Where Do We Go From Here?

Witnesses:

Panel 1:
Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker, USA
Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command
The Surgeon General
U.S. Army

Lieutenant Colonel Hon S. Pak, USA
Chief Medical Information Officer
U.S. Army

Rear Admiral Thomas R. Cullison, USN
Deputy Surgeon General
U.S. Navy

Major General (Dr.) Charles Bruce Green, USAF
Deputy Surgeon General
U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Donald Kowalewski, USAF
Internal Medicine Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General
U.S. Air Force

Panel 2:
Honorable S. Ward Casscells, M.D.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. Charles Campbell
Chief Information Officer, Military Health System
U.S. Department of Defense

Colonel Claude Hines Jr.
Program Manager, Defense Health Information Management Systems
U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. Tommy J. Morris
Acting Director
Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection & Readiness Programs
U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. Tim Harp
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Computers,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Information Technology Acquisition
U.S. Department of Defense


Tuesday, March 24, 2009 – 1:00 pm –2118 Rayburn – Open

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on security developments in the areas of responsibility of the U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Forces Korea

Witnesses:

Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

General Bantz J. Craddock, USA
Commander, U.S. European Command
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe

General Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, USA
Commander, United Nations Command
Commander, Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command
Commander, U.S. Forces Korea


Wednesday, March 25, 2009 – 10:00 am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on Effective Counterinsurgency: How the Use and Misuse of Reconstruction Funding Affects the War Effort in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Witnesses:

Mr. Stuart W. Bowen, Jr.
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Major General Arnold Fields, USMC (ret.)
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Ms. Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers
Managing Director, International Affairs and Trade
U.S. Government Accountability Office


Wednesday, March 25, 2009 – 2:00 pm –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Readiness Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on readiness and sustainment of the Navy's surface fleet.

Witnesses:

Rear Admiral (Upper Half) (Select) Philip H. Cullom, USN
Director
Fleet Readiness Division (OPNAV N43)

Rear Admiral (Upper Half) (Select) Joseph F. Campbell, USN
Director of Staff
Fleet Maintenance Officer (USFF N43)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) James P. McManamon, USN
Deputy Commander for Surface Warfare
Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 21)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Thomas J. Eccles, USN
Deputy Commander Naval Systems Engineering
Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 05)


Wednesday, March 25, 2009 – 4:00 pm –2212 Rayburn – Open

The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Contingency Contracting: Has the Call for Urgent Reform Been Answered?

Witnesses:

Mr. Shay D. Assad
Director, Defense Procurement, Acquisition Policy and Strategic Sourcing
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)
U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. Edward M. Harrington
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement)
U.S. Army

Mr. Jeffrey P. Parsons
Executive Director
U.S. Army Contracting Command
U.S. Army Materiel Command

Major General Darryl A. Scott, USAF
Deputy Commander, Task Force to Support Business Operations in Iraq
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Business Transformation)
U.S. Department of Defense


Thursday, March 26, 2009 –9:00 am – 2212 Rayburn – Open

The Strategic Forces Subcommittees will meet to receive testimony on future roles and missions of the Missile Defense Agency.

Witnesses:

Mr. David G. Ahern
Director, Portfolio Systems Acquisition
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. John Pendleton
Director, Defense Capabilities and Management Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office

General Larry D. Welch, USAF (ret.)
President and CEO
Institute for Defense Analyses


Thursday, March 26, 2009 –10:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open

The Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the requirements for the future capabilities of the United States maritime forces.

Witnesses

Dr. Loren B. Thompson
Chief Operating Officer
Lexington Institute

Rear Admiral William Houley, USN (ret)

Mr. Ron O’Rourke
Senior Naval Analyst
Congressional Research Service

Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett
Senior Managing Director
Enterra Solutions, LLC


Thursday, March 26, 2009 – 2:00 pm –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on status of the future combat systems program.

Witnesses:

Mr. Paul L. Francis
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Mr. William R. Graveline
Assistant Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Lieutenant General N. Ross Thompson, III, USA
Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
U.S. Army

Major General John R. Bartley, USA
Program Manager, Future Combat Systems
U.S. Army


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