USAID Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert, Motions Related to Compelling the Testimony of USAID Assistant Administrator for Management, Mr. Larry Byrne, and Administration Response to USAID Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert: Hearing and Business Meeting Before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, May 21, June 6, and June 18, 1996, Volume 4 |
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Page 34 - Those in favor of the motion to reconsider will so indicate by saying aye. Those opposed, No. The ayes appear to have it.
Page 5 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Mississippi.
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Page 48 - ... in 6.302. (b) Each contract awarded without providing for full and open competition shall contain a reference to the specific authority under which it was so awarded. Contracting officers shall use the US Code citation applicable to their agency. (See 6.302.) (c) Contracting without providing for full and open competition shall not be justified on the basis of (1) a lack of advance planning by the requiring activity or (2) concerns related to the amount of funds available (eg, funds will expire)...
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Page 69 - Within the domain of foreign policy, Mandela's personal appeal has enabled South Africa to elicit special treatment. As Paul Neifert, a US AID representative, lamented to a House of Representatives hearing, 'Our relationship with the new South Africa has become overly personal, substituting a reckless form of hero worship for a sober analysis of long term national...
Page 20 - ... decided to compel the haughty court to obey him at any cost and sent fifty soldiers to reduce it to submission. Only through the intervention of the bishop and the clergy was armed resistance avoided. This incident caused the viceroy the loss of his office, since the suspicious Philip II thought that the country was on the verge of a civil war. There were also some differences between the viceroy of New Spain and the audiencia of Manila over matters of a commercial nature. The chief bone of contention...
Page 66 - The committee will stand adjourned. [Whereupon, at 12:07 pm, the committee was adjourned...
Page 19 - Chairman OILMAN. Thank you, Mr. Ballenger. Mr. Payne. Mr. PAYNE. Thank you very much.