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| U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
| Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations |
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| Title: DOD’s Improper Use of First and Business Class Airline Travel |
| Date: 11/6/03 |
| Time (EST): 2:00 PM |
| Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 |
Description: Over the past three years, Congressional hearings and reports by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Inspectors General have consistently shown that government-issued travel and purchase cards have been subject to continuing waste, fraud and abuse. A recently completed GAO investigation of premium airline travel by the Department of Defense’s (DOD) employees during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 determined that most first and business class travel was not properly authorized and/or justified. As a result, DOD wasted millions of taxpayer dollars for premium airline tickets. These tickets were purchased with a travel card from a centrally billed account for DOD travelers who should have been flying coach class. According to GAO, this abuse occurred because of weak or nonexistent internal controls within DOD. The purpose of the hearing is to identify the types of abuse, discuss the causes, determine the magnitude of the problem, and identify what corrective action is required. The hearing objective is to conduct continuing oversight over the use of government-issued travel cards to ensure that expected cost savings are realized.
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Panel 1
Panel 2
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Gregory D. Kutz
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, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations
, U. S. Government Accountability Office
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Mr.
John Kelly
, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance Team
, U. S. General Accounting Office
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Mr.
John J. Ryan
, Assistant Director, Office of Special Investigations
, U.S. Government Accountability Office
, Washington, D.C. |
Panel 3
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Lawrence J. Lanzillotta
, Principal Deputy and the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Management Reform
, U. S. Department of Defense
, Washington, D.C. |
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Mr.
Charles S. Abell
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, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy)
, U. S. Department of Defense
, Washington, D.C. |
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