Improving Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Contracting Databases

Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
10:00 AM
Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-342

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The purpose of the hearing was to assess current problems with existing federal databases that contain information relating to government contracting and examine ways to improve the accessibility and transparency of these systems. The hearing also provided an opportunity to discuss vision and goals of the Integrated Acquisition Environment, the federal government’s plan to streamline and improve the systems. In addition, the hearing addressed the General Services Administration’s planned award of the Architecture Operations Contract Support (AOCS) contract to develop a new platform for integrating contract-related information.

Additional information and materials relating to this hearing are available at http://mccaskill.senate.gov/issues/soco/docs.cfm

Member Statements

• Senator Claire McCaskill   [view statement]
• Senator Robert F. Bennett   [view statement]

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Mr. William Woods [view testimony]
  Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team
  U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Mr. Adam Hughes [view testimony]
  Director for Federal Fiscal Policy
  OMB Watch
• Mr. A.R. Trey Hodgkins, III [view testimony]
  Vice President, National Security and Procurement Policy
  TechAmerica

Panel 2

• Mr. Vivek Kundra [view testimony]
  Federal Chief Information Officier and Administrator for Electronic Government and Information Technology
  Office of Management and Budget