>> senator brasso, that's an excellent question. i'm happy to bring good news with me today, because we did achieve the overall 35% reduction across the four reservations. wind river was the largest reservation that we dealt with, and it was the area where we had to bring in the most law environment officers. i want to just emphasize that this is not a surge. these officers that were funded will be there permanently. so it's not something where we fund it temporarily, see how it works, and then back off. and, you know, it is correct that by the end of the 24 month period, we actually had a 7% increase in crime there, but because it was large, because we had so many law enforcement officers come in there, and what happens when you bring in that large number of officers, you actually, you know, will generate more reports that come in. and then eventually, because people feel safer, they report, then we start to see a downward trend. so after the 24 months ended, given another three months, we actually decreased crime at wind river by

i'm going to turn it over now t senator brasso. oh, senator carver, i'm so sorry. you were gone and now you're back. >> i'm happy to yield. >> no, go ahead. he'll take his final. >> all right. thank you for joining us today. let me just say, i spent a lot of years in the navy. we were trained from an early age that leadership by example is one of the best forms of leadership. people may not believe what we say but believe what we do. none of us are perfect. we all make mistakes. richard nixon used to say people who don't make mistakes are people that don't do anything. my father used to say just use some common sense. i think what happened here is common sense was not used. and leadership by example certainly was not pursued. it's a reminder for all of us that we need to use common sense and remember that people are watching us and that brings with it special responsibility. i have a couple of questions i want to ask. mr. miller. the irony of it is that we're focused on less than a billion dollars and there's a much larger amount with gsa every year by gsa, that in

senator brasso? >> just to follow up on senator carver's point and about getting -- bringing back the accountability. the question to the inspector general, do you have the resources that you need? you said there's more that needs to be found. do you have all the resources you need to bring back the accountability that taxpayers demand and deserve? >> we have 70 special agents. special agents do the interviewing. they have law enforcement authority. we have a number of auditors. we have a total of about 300. we have a number of viek ananca vacancies. because of appropriations we're not filling thosevacancies, but we're doing everything we can. >> thank you. >> thank you, madame chair. good to be with you today. and really appreciate you doing this hearing. i think it's tremendously important to focus on the issues that the gsa does -- it does focus on. i'm going to talk a little bit about new mexico here. at the house hearings in our hearing today, many listed the outrages in this waste over the top

senator brasso? >> thank you, madame chairman. the issue continues to arise, should there be a termination, additional people suspended in response to the inspector general's report, the administrator has resigned. we talked about officials that have been fired. we get into senior executive service employees that can only be removed from civil service or suspended for more than 14 days, quote, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, failure, to accept a company reassignment or transfer. as an administrator looking at this, you mentioned taking strong action. have these procedures to remove an employee been set in motion to terminate jeff neely? >> i think i want to try to avoid anything i would say that could impact the ability for us to see through the administrative actions against those accountable all the way to completion, because the personnel rules are rather strong, the privacy act also is implicated in discussing these items. i want you to know, though -- i would like the committe

senator brasso? >> thank you, madame chairman. the issue continues to arise, should there be a termination, additional people suspended in response to the inspector general's report, the administrator has resigned. we talked about officials that have been fired. we get into senior executive service employees that can only be removed from civil service or suspended for more than 14 days, quote, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, failure, to accept a company reassignment or transfer. as an administrator looking at this, you mentioned taking strong action. have these procedures to remove an employee been set in motion to terminate jeff neely? >> i think i want to try to avoid anything i would say that could impact the ability for us to see through the administrative actions against those accountable all the way to completion, because the personnel rules are rather strong, the privacy act also is implicated in discussing these items. i want you to know, though -- i would like the committee to know that we do have a tea

senator brasso?ank you, madame chairman. the issue continues to arise, should there be a termination, additional people suspended in response to the inspector general's report, the administrator has resigned. we talked about officials that have been fired. we get into senior executive service employees that can only be removed from civil service or suspended for more than 14 days, quote, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, failure, to accept a company reassignment or transfer. as an administrator looking at this, you mentioned taking strong action. have these procedures to remove an employee been set in motion to terminate jeff neely? >> i think i want to try to avoid anything i would say that could impact the ability for us to see through the administrative actions against those accountable all the way to completion, because the personnel rules are rather strong, the privacy act also is implicated in discussing these items. i want you to know, though -- i would like the committee to k

senator brasso? >> thank you, madame chairman. the issue continues to arise, should there be a termination, additional people suspended in response to the inspector general's report, the administrator has resigned. we talked about officials that have been fired. we get into senior executive service employees that can only be removed from civil service or suspended for more than 14 days, quote, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, failure, to accept a company reassignment or transfer. as an administrator looking at this, you mentioned taking strong action. have these procedures to remove an employee been set in motion to terminate jeff neely? >> i think i want to try to avoid anything i would say that could impact the ability for us to see through the administrative actions against those accountable all the way to completion, because the personnel rules are rather strong, the privacy act also is implicated in discussing these items. i want you to know, though -- i would like the committe