H.R. 2886, Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act: hearing before the Select Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, October 8, 2003 |
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Page 22 - Act of 2002 (PL 107-296) represents an historic moment of almost unprecedented action by the Federal Government to fundamentally transform how the nation will protect itself from terrorism. Rarely in our country's past has such a large and complex reorganization of government entities occurred with such a singular and urgent purpose. The government is undertaking a unique effort to transform a distinct group of agencies with multiple missions, values, and cultures into a strong and effective cabinet...
Page 13 - INS has been broken apart and joined with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Another part formed the Bureau for Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Page 5 - I want to thank you for your leadership on this issue, and thank our witnesses for taking the time to be with us so late in the day.
Page 14 - For its new import processing system, Customs has not begun to establish process controls for determining whether acquired software products and services satisfy contract requirements before acceptance, nor to establish related controls for effective and efficient transfer of acquired software products to the support organization responsible for software maintenance. Agreeing with one of our recommendations, Customs continues to make progress and plans to establish effective acquisition process controls....
Page 15 - Early attention to strong systems and controls for acquisition and related business processes will be critical both to ensuring success and maintaining integrity and accountability.
Page 15 - Also, some agencies have large, complex, high-cost procurement programs under way that need to be closely managed. For example, Customs' Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) project will cost $5 billion, and Coast Guard's Deepwater Capability Replacement Project will cost $17 billion and take two to three decades to complete.
Page 23 - DOD's financial personnel are now struggling to effectively carry out day-to-day transaction processing, personnel in world-class financial management organizations are providing analysis and insight about the financial implications of program decisions and the impact of those decisions on agency performance goals and objectives. To help agencies better implement performance-based management, we have identified common principles that underlie the human capital strategies and practices of leading...
Page 27 - PROGRAM, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the broad ranging topic of America's energy independence.
Page 19 - Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management at the Office of Management and Budget.
Page 7 - Mr. Chairman, I will be happy to take your questions. [The statement of...