parsons in coming to a conclusion and yet at the end of the day, it's the entity, aco, dcaa/aco thate final decision with regard to the matter and yet that entity doesn't have any objective standards that they are forced to rely on by way of -- by virtue of contracts of dcaa. let me ask about the withhold interest, isn't the answer that this language that was just on the screen, dfars they will consider that the appropriate that the aco shall expend a percentage until a corrective action plan is not just submitted but corrected and audited by dcaa to confirm that the -- that the plan has been implemented and corrected deficiencies? isn't that answer in this particular interest? >> i have seen the withhold being very powerful over time. and i'll give a case in point. titan corporation which was now l3 used to be the incumbent to the linguist contract we'll be discussing tomorrow. in 2004, had almost a nonexistent internal control system in theater on labor. we issued an inadequate opinion and recommended a withhold. within 30 days of our recommendation to dcma they implemented a 10% w

ricci, aco?need to make the point that for 15 years, dcma had no internal controlling such as this. this has really put in place in march of this year are okay. so it is relatively -- >> and how many times? >> i can think of one time, but we are talking probably, i don't know, seven to 10 borge review that actually got raised to my level because of dollar value or other issues. so once i'm. >> and how many times was the one time when you did not support the aco or the dcaa recommendation? >> we actually supported neither the aco nor dcaa but we decided we need to find a certain, this was a cost accountant, not compliance, we are going to pursue recovery of over $45 million. >> in continuing a line of questioning that we have heard from others here, i fully recognize today the different missions of your two organizations, but i also remain concerned, and the ms. stephenson called it a disconnect. others, commissioner kieffer refer to it as, you know, provinces of cooperation. and i think those are

not take into consideration the existing staffing when it creates an administrative change letter, or aco estimate. we disagreed with that, and what i cast our team to do was to get the people from our estimating department to work with the auditor and how they accomplish and how they do utilize that enteral control process. >> well, i'm glad you're familiar with the so car and your precision and brevity of your answers is admirable. you are not stalling. i appreciate that. when i read them particularly concerned about is that goes over and over, proposing the duplicate fee, paid key twice, paid fee twice, that their understanding is that these change orders, which you describe what you are still coming in, coming in for project safe in order to electricians come in and fix all the electrical problems caused originally by your detective work and housing. not you personally. those were change orders. and i use a change orders, would you call acl's, change letters, that as they are very concerned to put it mildly. that is why the issue does. that you take tea, both off the original contract

off the coa, that is where you find pretty good cloud v coer aco a little bit of precipitation if fording out that way. out to the west, a few clouds moving through and they will bring us a few clouds here and there during the course of the day but it will be mostly sunny. here is your forecast then. mostly sunny skies. warmer afternoon than yesterday when we top you had out at 79 degrees. 85 will be your high today. that is a fall degrees below normal. that sets the stage for a hotter weekend. that is the latest on the weather. in about 15 minutes, today's ask the weather guy question. somebody writing in curious about what is going on on this set. >> oh, no. >> we'll answer that question. >> are you sure you want to do that. >> only going to reveal a few secrets. >> we'll see what happens. let's check in with allison oakley and find out what is happening on the roads. >> didding the dirt. i can't wait. we'll tax -- take you to route one. this is a very, very serious crash. this will be around if your entire morning commute. i need you to listen up. if you are leaving stafford and yo

there are warningsnd aco there are warnings and viriades up to the coast of bermuda, also rough surf could be along the eastern half of the united states, but this system will go right between the two of them. it is a category three of winds of 120 miles per hour. let's get over to the maps and show what you it looks like today. 0 in bowie. 79 in fairfax. 72347 fredericksburg. even 79 in hagerstown. it is just so oppressive out there this morning, and these clouds continue to stream on through and some afternoon thunderstorms. but today, the difference is some could be strong to severe. there could be some severe weather today. tonight and tomorrow, wet. but sunday, less humid. good news. doug and greta, back to you. >> ok, brian, thank you very much. another reason to think twice before you post those party pictures online. almost half of the nation's employers screen your social network. >> plus, for the people who just can't seem to surf the net enough, there's a new way to treat internet addictions. jeremy hubbard has details in this morning's "tech bytes." a new today's tech byt

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as i said in my testimony i do take guidance and direction from acos in the theater, i take directionm contracting officers, i get input from dcaa, and we do our best. as i try to answer the questions for one individual to satisfy their interpretation of how something should be done. i often times go awry. within the environment, it's not just the bullets flying, et cetera, it's also a very significant transition impact. most of the government individuals are there for 180 days. that's generally half a year. that causing me with significant challenges. as they are there, they get up to speed with the environment. then they have their ticket home and as i'm going along in a path, i'm not in the same channel. i would like to see longer terms for individuals in theater, our individuals are generally there for a one-year contract. generally they are there for about 18 months. that constant turnover as well as the different voices causes us great concern. however the government decided to do it, we're a contractor, we'll find our way to work within that confine. >> i think a single voice w

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that inscom claims that they delegated aco function for gls contract to dcma over a year ago. could you tell me the status of that? >> yes, sir. at time of award, we include the delegation on the contract award document, but i did not follow up actively to ensure that dcma had the mission. and i don't know whether they picked it up on time, but they are engaged now. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner green. >> thank you. with five minutes i will speak faster you had a lot of negative things in your written testimony to say about this contract. more so than you said in your or testimony. antony, you sound like a firefighter who sees a house blazing but you don't really have equipment to put the fire out. i mean, it sounds like you are somewhat overwhelmed in the management of this contract. in september 2008, you said you had concerns about overbilling. and then gls saw a dramatic increase in cost and when a contracting officer challenge the increase can't come easy go, gls inundated the contracting officer with requests to subcontract to various businesses, thereby incre