Chairman McCaskill Sends Letter to Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Regarding VA Certifications

Chairman McCaskill Sends Letter to Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, Regarding Glenn Defense Marine Asia

Today, Chairman McCaskill sent a letter the Navy regarding recent reports of fraud and abuse related to contracts with Glenn Defense Marine Asia. The letter requests a Subcommittee briefing by the Navy on the various bribery allegations that involve numerous, high-ranking Navy officials and what administrative actions the Navy plans to take to ensure that federal taxpayer dollars are adequately protected. Read More  »

Chairman McCaskill Holds Hearing on Mismanagement of POW/MIA Accounting

Today, Chairman McCaskill held a hearing to review the Defense Department’s accounting for missing personnel.  The hearing focused on the Department’s financial management and oversight of its accounting mission. The roles and responsibilities of the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Acting Accounting Command (JPAC), the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Person Personnel Office (DPMO), the Central Identification Laboratory (CIL), and the Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory were also Read More  »

McCaskill Chairs Hearing on Implementation of Wartime Contracting Reforms

This hearing focused on the implementation of the wartime contracting reforms passed into law in the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read More  »

Senators McCaskill, Tester, Johnson, and Portman Request Information About Alleged Gunman’s Security Background Check

Senators McCaskill, Tester, Johnson, and Portman requested information regarding whether Mr. Alexis’ security clearance background checks were properly performed and appropriately reviewed before a decision was made to grant his clearances. The Senators also questioned whether Mr. Alexis’ reported arrests were addressed during his background checks. Read More  »

Chairman McCaskill Questions Navy Regarding its Contractor that Oversees Contractor Access to Navy Installations

Chairman McCaskill expressed deep concern over the report released by the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General that found major deficiencies in how the Navy managed and oversaw the contractor that was in charge of managing the Navy Commercial Access Control System, which controls contractor access to Navy installations. Chairman McCaskill also requested information on the Inspector General’s finding that the Navy may have paid more than $1.1 million in unallowable costs f Read More  »

Chairman McCaskill and Ranking Member Johnson Send Letter to Patrick Kennedy, State Department Undersecretary for Management

Today, Chairman McCaskill and Ranking Member Johnson sent a letter to Patrick Kennedy regarding inconsistencies in his testimony relating to the security of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan at the Subcommittee’s July 16, 2013 hearing on wartime contracting. Read More  »