this is still one of many concerns we had ever since gao's 1920 report showing the v.a. relying on advice from office of general council, severely mitigated proposed discipline for a number of reinces, if congress required oawp, that would really help to determine whether or notes issue is a lack of authorities, or rather the willingness to did discipline its senior officials. we're pleased to see the subcommittee engaging to address these republicans and we encourage you to act independently. that is the best way that we can protect whistle blowers and bring more accountability to the agency. to provide highest standard of care, if you for inviting me to vote. i'm happy to answer and questions. >> thank you very much mr. pearson. >> thank you. chairwoman keegan and everyone here, high first time. i am paul pearson, i am the vices with of wiso president of whistleblowers of america. we take there subcommittee is very american to or organization. jackie has submitted a statement for the record, 8 pages, a going over a couple of things. >> hr4461. we believe that it is dra

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i mean, the pentagon is pulling investigation torrs that the gao, they need to provide, gao saying thete and specific data on what's going on and energy supply chains are at risk and food supply chains and military spying by china is an issue. your word on that. >> yeah, look, this is another example of incompetence of biden administration. they have no idea, we have no idea what china owns and where they own it. that's the incompetence of the whole situation. so how can you manage it if you can't measure it and they're breaking the law. the law requires them to be keeping track of this. they're not doing it but we're introducing further legislation that would elevate the secretary of agricultural to be part of the committee that investigates into international foreign investment as well. elizabeth: putting it on ciphius and foreign investment panel and getting a better handle on what china is tracking. it's up to the states to report into the federal governments going on; right? final word. >> yeah, it is that simple. we want the usda on case by case basis to decide whether this is a

gao recently found that 17 of 24 major federal agency headquarter buildings in the d.c. area are left with 25% occupancy, with some less than 10% full. gsa 's own headquarters was only 11% occupancy, despite being the primary real estate agents and property managers. gao notes that the government owns 511 million square feet of office space, and leases another 180 million square feet to the private sector for use by federal agencies. that is almost 700 million square feet total of office space available to the federal government and the cost of maintaining and operating out of that space is ridiculously high. administrator carnahan, how much does it cost to maintain and operate office space used by federal agencies across the government? is the cost in the billions? >> sorry. what i can speak to is the federal buildings fund, which i referred to in my statement. that is the fund that leased payments by government agencies -- >> it is in the buildings fund and according to gsa physical data, from the profile, the total annual cost of buildings owned or leased or otherwise

we work closely with the gao and the whistleblower offices. i would like to invite you to come to our conference or have a meeting with us. i yield my time. >> thank you, mr. pearson, we now move to questions and i yield myself for five minutes. mr. leavitt, you have spent time at both osc and the ms pb. are they adequate to protect whistleblowers and work for whistleblower retaliation cases? >> investigating where they have the resources to investigate. where they do, they do a very good job. it has been noted that the budget is the equivalent of oawp and they have the jurisdiction of the entire federal government they would benefit from more resources but they are adequately equipped to cover these investigations. >> you talked about more independence. their own legal counsel and whatnot. we have this $30 million request from them already. more to provide that autonomy that seems to be what several of you are asking or. is that going to be a larger asked then as far as budgetary constraints? is that something we need to be thinking ahead or

as gao noted in their december support, the largest impediment is lack of funding. bottom line, we have missed opportunities to shrink our real estate portfolio because we haven't had the up front money to reconfigure and modernize facilities that we plan to keep, even though we know that those investments will pay back many times over through lower real estate cost. this is an important moment for american people to reap millions of dollars in future savings but it can only happen if we work together. that's why we're asking congress for a scoring fix for the federal buildings fund: to ensure that the rent that we collect is reinvested in our public buildings and saving taxpayer money. tsa works to make it faster up to the agency themselves. and satisfying procurement rules. last year alone. gsa helped the agency save $6 billion by leveraging. several proposals to improve the acquisition process for common sense proposals and we look forward to working with you on those. additionally gsa helps provide better digital experience for the public. the fact is there are

gao recently found 17 of 24 major federal agency headquarter buildings in the d.c. area but less than 25% occupancy, some less than 10% 10% full. tsa's own headquarters was only 11% occupancy despite being the governments primary real estate agent and property manager. gao notes the federal government owns 511 million square feet of office space and releases another 100 180 million squt from the private sector for use by federal agencies. that's almost 700,000,000 ft.2 total of office space available to the federal government and the cost of maintaining and operating out of that space is is ridiculously high. administrator carnahan, how much does it cost to operate and maintain office space used by federal agencies across the government? is the cost in the billions? >> sorry. what i can speak to, congressman, is the federal building fund which i referred to in my statement, and that is the fund that lease payments by government agencies. >> so it's in the billions. >> yes. >> according from data from the fiscal year 2020 federal real property propublica total in a c

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russell joined in 2002 and previously served on gao homeland security justice. the third witness george scott acting inspector general. he assumed the role in january of this year having previously served prior to joining. he served over three decades at a gao that included serving as the managing director of the homeland security justice team. the final witnesses doctor michael griffin, the copresident a scientific and technical consulting firm. doctor griffin previously served as the 11th administrator leading the agency from 2005 to 2009. he is also served as the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering as well as the state department at the johns hopkins physics laboratory. again, thank you all for being here today. and i now recognize you for five minutes to present the testimony. >> chairman lucas, ranking member sorensen and distinguished members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to testify on the artemis campaign. under the campaign the united states along with our international commercial partners will return humans to the

we h h the gao and the nasa ig about the importance of cost transparency.artemis isn't just one one mission or one capability. it is a set of increasingly complex missions and activities. nasa successfully completed artemis one. can you explain how they documented the artemis one such that we are applying those lessons to two and three? >> certainly. we did and extensive lessons learned process that enabled us at every organization and within the hardware production with the contractor level or nasa doing integration and analysis to be able to factor learning as well as future missions. as i indicated previously, we are -- we have a lot of missions and developments simultaneously. what that does is enable us to learn a lesson and we can flow that into all of the developments we have currently ongoing. it also allows us if for example we've already already have at nearly the right level in its production to be able to make modifianng it forward as an1s example. with the cadence we have established with our missions and door hardware has enabled us to incorpo

that is my intro to their most recent report, the gao discussed the gsa as performers in carrying out the federal assets and sales act of 2016. this bill was passed to help reduce the cost the federal real property and address the challenges of disposing of unneeded federal property. in doing so the bill establishes a three run process to reduce the federal governments in the threat of federal civilian real property and interest 2023 report the gao stayed that the gsa faced numerous setbacks during the first two rounds resulting in almost a two-year delay in selling any of the properties approved for disposal during the first round. what is troubling that gao states in the annual report that gsa has not developed a process that fully leverages lessons learned from the implementation of the federal asset sale and transfer act. so that's a big intro. administrator carnahan, it took over two years for the gsa to dispose of tent of the 12 properties identified in the first round. what with the proceeds from this round compared to estimate? >> so i'm going to need to circle back to you, ba

to what extent did gao come across this issue during the review and could the gao look at this issue and its plan to follow-up work ? >> thank you, congressman. we are still in the middle of our review right now. we have not actually delved too deeply in that issue. we do have copies of the 70 one settlement agreement that i mentioned trade we are starting to comb through those we also hope to be able to talk to be a officials that participated in that process as well as some of the complaint in super dissipated to get an idea of where the pain points might be in the process. we have not yet been able to do that work. we are looking forward to doing that in the coming month. >> mr. gipe, you are aware of the issue on talking of out -- i know that the oawp began moderating rental agreements in 2022. do what extent does this monitoring include that va is upholding its end of the agreement? you. currently, that is a future state we would lik the agreement? >> thank you. currently that is a future state that we would like to attain, congressman. right now we are just settling agreements

here's one example of an heir, the gao says that usda countedge the largest holding associated with theof china not once but twice.st overstating hoatw much land chia linked companies my own. but raising concerns about how the keeping track of dat.ona altogether. republican congressman dan neuhaus says thi cs report confirms one of our worst fears that not only is the usda unable to answer the question of who owns what land and where but there is no plan by the department to internally reverse this dangerous flaw that effexor supply chain and economy. some democrats are sounding the, alarm as t well. >> they're taking back our pandas, we should take back all of their farmland. this is a national security issue and it is a food security issue. >> senator fetterman referencing the pandas in d.c. which chinaat took back last year sort of ingest but there is a bipartisan group of lawmakers who think that china owning our land is not only a food security problem but a national security problem especially when it is closedespe were military bases. larry: absolutely, 100%. we appreciate it. es

accommodation 136 states that the gao shall submit a report annually on the estimate cost savings of its unimplemented recommendations. as we work to implement all the recommendations, my colleague representative derek kilmer and i introduced hr 7331, the improving government for american tax players act which was signed into law last year. our bill codified the e recommendation made by the modernization committee and now they do submit a report annually on the estimated cost savings of its an implement recommendations. that is my intro to their most recent report, the gao discussed the gsa's performance in the federal asset and sales act 2016, passed by congress to help reduce the cost of federal real property and address the challenges of disposing of unneeded federal property. in doing so the bill a established a three round process to reduce the federal government's inventory of federal civilian real property and in his 23 report the gao stated that the gsa faced numerous setbacks resulting in almost two year delay in selling any of the properties approved for disposal during the

the gao says the usda accounted for largest holding of peoples republic of china, not once but twice,rstating how much land china linked companies might own but raising concerns how they're keeping track of data all together. republican congressman dan newhouse says this report confirms one of our worst fears, not only the usda is not able to confirm the question who owns what land and where, but there is no plan by the department to reverse this dangerous flaw that appave, our economy. some democrats are sounding concern. >> they are taking back our pandas. we should take all their farmland this is really a national security issue and it is a food security issue. >> reporter: senator fetterman referencing the pandas in d.c. which china took back last year sort of in jest, larry. a group of lawmakers think not owning our land is food security problem, a and a national security problem especially when at this time is close to our military bases. larry: absolutely 100%, grady trimble. especially appreciate our newest conservative convert, senator fetterman. let's talk about the economy.

previously he serves on the natural resources and environmental team and before joining the gao in 2004 he worked on the house appropriations committee. great to have you here. you are recognized for your opening statement. >> thank you chairman peters, ranking member paul and members of the committee. i'm pleased to be here today to discuss the work on agency efforts to secure federal facilities. twenty years ago, we placed federal properties on our high-risk list in part due to threats to federal facilities. recent instances demonstrate that a security and federal in federalbuildings remains a hk area. given that, it is critical that agencies implement appropriate countermeasures to address the vulnerabilities and that there is effective oversight of these efforts. the ifc plays a key role in entering federal facilities have such countermeasures in place. in particular they establish security standards and oversee agency compliance with the standards. for its part it uses the standards to conduct security assessments at the protected facilities and recommends countermeasures to help t

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to what extent did gao come across this issue during this review and could they look at this issue in their plan to follow up >> thank you, congressman. we are in the middle of our review so we have not delved deeply into that issue. we have copies of the settlement agreements that i mentioned, and we are starting to comb through those. we are hoping to talk to va officials who participated in that process and complaints who participated in that process to see where the pain points might be in the process but we have not been able to do that work. we are looking forward to do that in the coming months. >> you are aware of the issue i am talking about. i know the oawp begin monitoring settlement agreements and 2022. to what extent does this ensure the va is upholding its end of the agreement? >> thank you. currently, that is a future state we would like to obtain. right now we are tracking settlement agreements and whether the basic terms such as restoration of pay have been fulfilled. we have a question as to statutory authority to go further than that, so we are not tracking whether

agencies failed to be even respond to more than half of the recommendations and according to gao, they implemented viewer than 1800 of the recommendations made during the period. is there a record of who specifically at any agency or other facility security committee determines which recommendations will be implemented, and to follow-up, who is responsible for the decision that a facility will accept a certain level of risk and not implement the recommendation. mr. breor, we will start with you. >> at the facility level, it is multitenant, then the facility security committee and the chair of that, typically is the one that has the most footage with respect to that facility. at the agency level, this is where we totally embrace the executive order that came out on monday because it designates a senior official for that agency to ensure the implementation of the executive order. and that is a piece of the governance structure that we have not had and we have needed. so with that, and the fact that the senior official is also going to be responsible and accountable for the federal securi

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agriculture, areas in orange, those states have high foreign ownership of farmland, 2.4% or more and the gao calling into question all of the usda data finds that agdepartment does not share timely data and processes to collect, track and report key information are flawed. here is one example of error, usdada countinged largest holding with people's republic of china twice, over stating how much land they might own, but raising concerns about how they are keeping track of data. republican c congressman dan newhouse said that confirms our fears. there is no plan by the department to internally reverse this dr dangerous flaw, some democrats are sounding the alarm as well. >> i mean, they are taking back our pandas, we should take backo farmland. and back their farmland, this is a national security issue, it is a food security issue. reporter: so senator fetterman referencing panda in dc that china took back last year, sort of in gest, but there is a bipartisan group of lawmakers who believe that china owning our land is not only a food security problem but national security problem, especially

we have been denied the pleasure of many of your department items coming through gao.come on your third item of the day. >> thank you chair. department of homelessness and supportive housing and i want to thank you and your staff fl accommodating these items on a pretty urgent request as previous committee that heard these was dissolved. appreciate you getting the time sensitive items heard before end of year. the item before you today is a resolution that authorizes the director of property to enter into new lease agreement for the property located at 2177 gerald avenue for use as temporary shelter program and adopt planning department determination. the term of the lease is 15 years with two five year options to extend. the initial term of commence following board of supervisor approval and end november 2038. the base rent is $2.9 million. the city contribution of $5.8 million-includes city contribution of 5.8 towards tenant improvements. the point in time count estimates there are over 4300 people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in our community 25 percent loc

in a quote the gao says without improving etc.processes, usda cannot report reliable information to congress or the public about where and how much agricultural land is held by foreign persons. the us da has requested funding so it can develop a realtime data system that can be accessed by government agencies and the public. guys? rachel: thank you, madeleine. pete: so let's improve the process so we know. can you imagine? how many acres do you think of chinese farmland are owned by americans? if i don't know, zero? rachel: zero probably. pete: a very small percentage. and if they are, they're watch watched e like a hawk by the chinese government, and here we don't know. and the proximity to the military bases is crazy too. rachel: it's a sign of the drop in patriotism in our country because this land was sold under these, like, shell companies that americans are complicit in helping the chinese do this. the other part of the story is bill gates. as you guys know, there is a war on farming and on ranching in america just like ther

gao's recent report on the artemis program noted challenges with developing and testing the exploration can you discuss these challengee to address such challenges, including issues we have with the supply chain? >> question. the first challenge to note was originally nasa designed the spacesuit in the house and made this decision to contract that out, which is happening now. as we look at some of the current challenges, one has to do with significant life-support. you need to have confidence the system can operate and sustain the astronauts life as they go through the mission. there are technologies that need to be matured. requirements a contractor is working on. that is one of the key things we are pointing to. >> i would like to go -depthcane significant work needed to mature technologies for the exploration spacesuit like support systems mr. russell was talking about. are the spacesuits on a critical path for artemis iii? does nasa have a roadmap for how spacesuit life-support systems will be matured and maintained? >> as was noted, nasa design spt design available to u.s. industry

gao has reported can provide engage on remote capability and sta pws a is limited he says to launch itan you break down what that means? what's the minimum necessary for defense against it and is apostle provide either capability from neo-given latency problems? >> geez, not much of a technical question. >> first of all speakers sounds like definition problem. lunch and remote means got it anyway but i'm going to close the fire loop within my own organic sensor. gauge on remote means i'm going to send an the weapons. that's an important distinction. on the hyper glide, we are still trying to sort out where, on gauge will it i can jinx and jes all over the place and how to work this condition is the still in development at a stage. you may have some, i lost track of the other part of the question. >> so it took the requirements of hb tss and that's what were after. t-1 is actual payload. integrated into the pws a so we can learn about not just the performance but also the operations i get that data down into the nda network so we can start getting that way. into two, heart of our source

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that is a priority recommendation from the 2018 gao report. making progress on implementing this recommendation. they should finalize it quickly. this has gone on lonenough without oversight. and congress must look at ways to improve accountability, transparency, and quality of care in assisted living facilities. host: again, more from that hearing available, from the senators who asked the queions and guests who answered them, at c-span.org and c-span now. a few more minutes of your calls, looking at your periences with long-term care facilities. kara in houston, texas, a caregiver. caller: good morning. i am really glad y'all are discussing t situation of assisted living and caregiver shortages, nursing shortages, nursing crises. i was basically thrown into a careging job after family members got sick. hi basically had to learn on the job - i had t learnn the job, take family tooctor's appointments, to therapy, and learn what i needed to know to help take care of my family. we are not able to put family members in assisted living because whe

the gao decision related series of losses demonstrating embassies disregard for statutorily required processes in the administrative procedure act. mr. bentsen they claim the goal is the investor protection that but can you explain how preventing the most highly regulated banks provide custody for digital assets against the best interest of investors in their services to make digital assets safe for? >> we believe so. this is a situation where the sec was in conflict with rules that banks are subject to. it's an example of where there was not sufficient coordination between agencies. it would have the effect of basically precluding publicly listed commercial banks being able to provide the primary custodians in the world for being able to provide custody to these assets on effect it would be a counterintuitive effect outside of the regulated sector of it. we think that was appropriate decision. >> thanks so much. moving on to the delivery on improving disclosure for an event which passed of as committed by person porter would make it easier for brokerage of the listed deliver documen

the gao report fr 1999 and the more recent reports you mentioned, local news reporting from around theountry, over and over we are seeing these issues are coming up, and now is the time to take action. sen. warren: with nursing homes, we put in federal standards on this, got more federal oversight. but assied living facilities are governed by a patchwork of state laws without any meangful federal oversight. and that means no national standards at assisted living cilities are expected to make. that is particularly worrisome, because private equity firms and real estate investment firms have gonon a buyg spree of senior and assisted living facilities. we know how their model works. private equity comes in, strips the assets, cuts to staff, and sends the quality of care down the tubes. so mr. mollot, your organization has worked -- looked carefully at the data and you have heard from the residents at these facilities. when private equity comes into an assisted living facily and slashes jobs, what impact does that have on the residents? mr. moot: workers are the most importt component of c

we've asked gao for a report on how much climate impacts are costing us as a federal government. like what is it costing us? and are there better strategies on mitigation? we think things like cross laminated timber, that's a mitigation strategy. but i also wanted to ask you about the 301 tariffs in gsp because i feel like small business, particularly in the recreational side are also getting impacted by that. and i wish that we had certainty and predictability. we've let those expire, they expired two years ago and it's still impacting businesses. and so i wanted to hear what you thought about those two subjects and are there things we should be thinking about? and again, i'm just think what happens is the definition this isn't this committee's jurisdiction per se but the definition on, when you have a natural disaster who can get help and assistance. if you don't live in a concentrated area, you don't get the assistance. and yet i would say that these communities, whether it's, you know, lahaina or in our case, you know, the winthrop area, or the metal that they are rural econo