Friday, April 24, 2009

House Armed Services Committee: The House Armed Services Committee announces the following schedule for the week of April 27 – May 1, 2009

House Armed Services Committee: The House Armed Services Committee announces the following schedule for the week of April 27 – May 1, 2009

Ike Skelton, Chairman
April 24, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 – 10:00am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the Acquisition Workforce: Merely a Business Expense or a Force Multiplier for the Warfighter?

Witnesses:

Mr. Shay Assad
Director
Defense Procurement Acquisition Policy and Strategic Sourcing (DPAP)
Acting, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Technology
U.S. Department of Defense

Lieutenant General Ross Thompson, USA
Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
U.S. Department of the Army

Mr. James Thomsen
Principal Civilian Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition Workforce)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
U.S. Department of the Navy

Lieutenant General Mark Shackelford, USAF
Military Deputy
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
U.S. Department of the Air Force

Mr. John K. Needham
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Issues
U.S. Government Accountability Office


Wednesday, April 29, 2009 – 10:00am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Military Personnel Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the Military Health System: Health Affairs/TRICARE Management Activity Organization.

Witnesses:

Ms. Gail H. McGinn
Acting Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness
Department of Defense

Ms. Ellen P. Embrey
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs
Department of Defense

Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker, USA
Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command
Surgeon General
U.S. Army

Vice Admiral Adam Robinson, USN
Surgeon General
U. S. Navy

Lieutenant General James G. Roudebush, USAF
Surgeon General
U. S. Air Force

Major General Elder Granger, USA
Deputy Director
TRICARE Management Activity (TMA)
Department of Defense


Wednesday, April 29, 2009 – 1:00pm –2118 Rayburn – Open

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on Effective Counterinsurgency: The Administration’s Perspective on the Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Military Partnership.

Witnesses:

The Honorable Michèle Flournoy
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Department of Defense

Vice Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN
Director of Strategic Plans and Policy
Joint Chiefs of Staff

Ambassador Richard A. Boucher
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
Department of State


Thursday, April 30, 2009 – 10:00am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on reform of major weapons system acquisition and related legislative proposals.

Witnesses:

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

TBA


Thursday, April 30, 2009 – 1:00pm –2212 Rayburn – Open

The Strategic Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on space system acquisitions and the industrial base.

Witnesses:

Mr. Steven R. Miller
Director, Operations Analysis Procurement Planning Division
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Cost Analysis Improvement Group
Department of Defense

Mr. Joshua T. Hartman
Director, Space and Intelligence Capabilities Office
Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Department of Defense

Ms. Cristina T. Chaplain
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Ms. Marion C. Blakey
President and CEO
Aerospace Industries Association

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