ms. martin, i want to begin with you. i find it interesting in the report you talk about, contract management and deficiencies there with arlington with contract management, specifically in the area of i.t. it appears as though that $5 million spent in i.t. contracts that appear to be wasteful and that haven't produced any results. on page 9 of the report you've said that the i.t. contract management system is not guided by a modernization blueprint and it's duplicative, and costly to maintain. from that b stastandpoint, why u believe that was occurring as well as what are the current efforts to overcome those deficiencies? where are they in this modernization effort to make th there is not duplication? >> thank you, mr. chairman, for the question. and it actually spans both of the reports. we -- the external reviews found that over 5 million that had been spent to try to modernize the i.t. systems really didn't get us very much. and there were a number of reasons, starting from some basic stuff, like the people who were

ms. martin, i want to begin with you. i find it interesting in the report you speak about contract management and deficiencies there at arlington with contract management. specifically in the area of i.t., it appears as though about $5 million spent in i.t. contractings that appear to be wasteful and that haven't produced any results. on page 9 of the report you've said that the i.t. contract management system is not guided by a modernization blueprint and that it's due pliktive, poorly integrated and unnecessarily costly to maintain. from that standpoint, what did your review uncover in specific terms about why you believe that was occurring? as well as what are the current efforts to overcome those deficiencies? where are they in this modernization effort to make sure there is not duplication and that systems aren't unduly costly to maintain those efforts? >> thank you, chairman, for the question. and it actually spans both of the reports. we -- the external reviews found that over $5 million that had been spent to try

ms. martin and mr. lepore, i look forward to hearing the government accountability assessment of the army's efforts with respect to arlington and ms. condon, welcome back. we've got a chance to see each other quite a bit, and i really appreciate your efforts. arlington national cemetery as we all know is one of the most hallowed grounds of this nation and we must hold it to the highest standards of performance. members of the subcommittee of military personnel in conjunction with the oversight investigation subcommittee are interested in the actions taken by the army to improve its accountable of arlington national cemetery since our hearing in september. ms. condon, i recognize the hard work you and mr. callaghan have done to turn around the cemetery and know you could not have done it alone. there are probably a number of people that should be acknowledged for their efforts that cannot all be recognized here today. but i do believe that there is still more to be done, to ensure that we maintain and bui

ms. martin. we now have mr. bryan. >> thank you. churn and wilson, a ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to present our findings from our review of oversight and management of arlington national cemetery. we issue our report on the management and oversight of arlington on december 15th of last year. my testimony is based on our report, and i will make two points today. first i will discuss the policies and procedures the current leadership at arlington has put into place to begin to address these deficiencies that became apparent, and i will identify some of our recommendations to help assist that endeavor and second, i will discuss some factors that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs, the va. here's the bottomline. i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken any positive steps at the

ms. martin. we now have mr. brian lepore. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman wilson, ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to present our findings from our review of oversight and management of arlington national cemetery. as you know, we issued our report on the management and oversight of arlington on december 15th of last year. my testimony is based on our report, and i will make two points today. first, i'll discuss the policies and procedures that the current leadership team at arlington put in place to begin to address the deficiencies that became apparent, and i'll identify some of our recommendations to assist in that endeavor and secondly discuss factor that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs. the v.a. here's the bottom line -- i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at th

ms. delta martin, director acquisition and sourcing management team, u.s. government accountability office and thirdly because mr. brian jay lepore, director of defense capabilities and management u.s. government accountability office and forth and finally we would have ms. katherine condon, who is the executive or that the army's national cemetery's program. and so, general, thank you for beginning. >> chairman will send, chairman wittman khmer ranking member couperin distinguished members of subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today for your oversight and support over the past 18 months. it has made a difference at arlington national cemetery. since assuming duties of the army inspector general in november, ever the previous inspections and that was executive director and her team and other stakeholders involved in correcting deficiencies found at arlington. having to fully appreciate the progress made, one only has to review the 2010 ig report, which identifies 61 deficiencies. among them the florida organizational climate archaic record

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ms. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and we're live this morning as virginia governor bob mcdonnell and maryland governor martin o'malley will be taking part in politico's second annual state solutions conference today. both men expected to discuss a wide range of issues facing their states. this is just getting underway. >> they are, of course, people well known to us in the washington area, governor bob mcdonnell of virginia, the chairman this year of the republican governors' association, and just across the river and across the bay governor martin o'malley who's the chairman of the democratic governors' association. they've both in town, as you know -- they're both in town, as you know, because today is the first day of the national governors' association's winter meeting, and we appreciate both of them taking time out of their schedules to take questions from me and questions from you in our audience. a couple of program notes, i'm going to take questions throughout the morning, we're going to go an hour or so, and i'm going to just intersperse those questions throughout rather than just doing a hard pivot