Committee Holds Hearing on Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities in Iraq

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, “Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities in Iraq” on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

The hearing examined electrical problems leading to the injuries and deaths of military personnel and the Department of Defense’s management and oversight of contractors. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.

The following witnesses testified:

• U.S. Senator Bob Casey, (D-PA)
• Gordon S. Heddell, Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense
• Don Horstman, Deputy Inspector General for Policy and Oversight, U.S. Department of Defense
• Charlie E. Williams, Jr., Director, Defense Contract Management Agency
• Keith Ernst, Former Director, Defense Contract Management Agency
• Jeffrey P. Parsons, Executive Director, Army Contracting Command, U.S. Army
• Tom Bruni, Theater Engineering and Construction Manager, KBR, Inc.