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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Good morning. The Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony on the Department of Defense’s (DOD) business... |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
Yes, Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. STATEMENT OF SENATOR DANIEL K. AKAKA Mr. Chairman, I also want to say it has been a real pleasure... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Thank you. We’ll start with Mr. Walker. Once again, I want to applaud you for work that you do for our Nation. I appreciate your being here... |
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Walker, David M. - Comptroller General
Thank you Chairman Ensign and Senator Akaka. I appreciate the opportunity to be back before you. I want to con- VerDate 0ct 09 2002 11:03... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Thank you. Mr. Argodale. STATEMENT OF JOHN ARGODALE, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR FINANCIAL OPERATIONS |
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Argodale, John - Deputy Assistant Secretary
Chairman Ensign, Senator Akaka, my name is John Argodale and I’m the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Operations. Thank... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Mr. Wennergren? STATEMENT OF DAVID M. WENNERGREN, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY |
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Wennergren, David M. - Chief Information Officer
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Senator Akaka. Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. I come to you today... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Mr. Vonglis? VerDate 0ct 09 2002 11:03 Jun 19, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6602 C:\DOCS\36059.TXT SARMSER2 PsN: JUNEB STATEMENT... |
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Vonglis, John G. - Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Senator Akaka. I am honored to sit before you to share successes and to update you on our progress towards business... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
I want to thank all of you for your testimony and I don’t want to take away anything personal against any one of you that is here today,... |
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Argodale, John - Deputy Assistant Secretary
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We’ve done some significant things over the years to align with the changes that have been made at OSD. First,... |
| 00:30:596 sec. |
Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
I know the military’s famous for acronyms, but try to stay away from them, thank you. |
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Argodale, John - Deputy Assistant Secretary
Okay. I think we’ve accomplished quite a bit in terms of realigning our organizational structure ensuring the right level of focus on these... |
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Wennergren, David M. - Chief Information Officer
Sir, we’ve taken a number of steps as well. We have aligned our information management/information technology governing structure within... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Mr. Vonglis? |
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Vonglis, John G. - Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary
Senator, just going back a little bit to my opening statement, I think the single most important thing that we’ve done in the Air Force... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Mr. Walker, can you give an analysis just of the previous three answers, just from GAO’s perspective on how the Services are doing compared... |
| 00:35:062 min. |
Walker, David M. - Comptroller General
I clearly think that progress is being made in many different areas within the DOD, but to differing degrees. I think as my testimony outlines,... |
| 00:37:323 min. |
Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
I’ll end with this and then I’ll turn it over to Senator Akaka. I want to applaud the work that is being done. I think that all of... |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I must really commend you and what you’re doing here to help our country save money as well as to try... |
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Argodale, John - Deputy Assistant Secretary
Senator Akaka, I would tell you that the Army’s architectures are maturing, they’re not at a finished state yet, but I will also tell you... |
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Wennergren, David M. - Chief Information Officer
Senator Akaka, we too continue to mature and refine our architecture efforts. Our functional managers have laid out the taxonomies and paths... |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
Mr. Vonglis? |
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Vonglis, John G. - Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary
Senator, technically yes, it is accurate; however, in terms of one minor clarification, in terms of full and partial systems we’re looking... |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
I take it, Mr. Wennergren and Mr. Argodale, that you agree that the Comptroller General’s assessment was correct? |
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Argodale, John - Deputy Assistant Secretary
Correct. |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
I want to also at this point tell you that I agree with the chairman that I’m glad you’re here, however, I am unhappy with the level of... |
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Walker, David M. - Comptroller General
Senator Akaka, this is an issue that we’re doing additional work on right now. I think we’ll be in a better position to be able to report... |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
Thank you very much for your response. The problem here as I see it from way out here and as pointed out, when you mention a number of systems... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Senator Thune. |
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Thune, John R. - U.S. Senator, [R] South Dakota
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate your holding this hearing and I want to thank the panel for appearing today and just indicate as well... |
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Vonglis, John G. - Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary
Thank you, Senator, and thank you for your support and I appreciate all your kind comments. ECSS is progressing very well. As a matter of... |
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Thune, John R. - U.S. Senator, [R] South Dakota
Is the system going to be integrated with other systems to provide visibility of common parts that are used across multiple services? |
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Vonglis, John G. - Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary
It will be. Within the Air Force, absolutely. Obviously there are pros and cons any time one undertakes an ERP, you could have folks that... |
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Thune, John R. - U.S. Senator, [R] South Dakota
Mr. Walker, has GAO’s work uncovered any new business systems programs that need to be strongly considered for termination? |
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Walker, David M. - Comptroller General
There is absolutely no question that of the 3,000- plus existing information systems, many should be killed. That’s part of the purpose... |
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Thune, John R. - U.S. Senator, [R] South Dakota
Mr. Chairman, again, I appreciate your holding the hearing and I would add my support to your efforts to make sure that we provide ongoing... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Thanks for participating today, Senator Thune. First of all, Mr. Walker, to let you know obviously we have the study from the Institute... |
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Vonglis, John G. - Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary
Thank you. |
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Wennergren, David M. - Chief Information Officer
Thank you. |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Do you have anything else, Senator Akaka, for the hearing this morning? |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
Yes, Mr. Chairman, I too want to say that I’d like to continue your efforts in this respect to pursue hearings on financial management and... |
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Walker, David M. - Comptroller General
We do not believe that all the requirements of that legislation have been met. We believe that good faith efforts have been taken. This... |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
Let me ask the Service witnesses whether you agree with Mr. Walker’s assessment and also to ask you when can we expect compliance with the... |
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Argodale, John - Deputy Assistant Secretary
Senator, I agree that we’re making a good faith effort to comply with the requirements of both section 2222 and First of all, regarding... |
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Wennergren, David M. - Chief Information Officer
I agree, sir. We are making a good-faith effort and it is a process. We continue to improve the way we do oversight development, and modernization... |
| 01:07:2232 sec. |
Vonglis, John G. - Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary
Senator, thank you for that insightful question. As a matter of fact the Air Force has identified 511 systems. We’ve shut down 16 of those... |
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
I want to thank you for your responses. This is a huge task. We’re moving in the right direction on this and look forward to working with... |
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Ensign, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Nevada
Thank you. This hearing is adjourned. |