i will now recognize and welcome dan blair. mr. blair is president of the national academy of public administration. welcome and you are recognized. >> thank you. it's good to see mr. cummings and i appreciate this opportunity to testify today and i think the committee members prayer i am damned their presidency of the national academy of public administration. the academy is a nationally recognized nonpartisan not-for-profit chartered by congress to to address and advise all levels of government on pressing issues of public administration. we are comprised of almost 750 fellows for selected by her membership for their significant contributions in the field of public administration. i ask consent that my entire written statement by except for the record and i'm pleased to summarize. >> without objection. speier hearing today is timely and helps key of many management issues for congress and administration should tackle to solve some of the most pressing problems in government. the government has become increasingly complex and actio

as the department of defense's deputy inspector for auditing, dan blair, recently noted, for the department to achieve an auditable statement of budgetary resources by 2014, it must run what amounts to -- quote -- "a big checking account, with thousands of people being able to wright checks. and that capturing an auditable universe within it will require reconciling between a general ledger and subsidiary ledgers. a big problem is ongoing delay in implementing very expensive computer systems called enterprise resource planning, or e.r.p.'s, which perform a number of business-related functions vital to transforming the department's business operations. the ecss system that i mentioned a few minutes ago is one of these e.r.p.'s. as of democra of december of 20e department of defense has invested over $5.8 billion in these e.r.p.'s and will invest billions more before they are fully implemented. but most of them are over budget and behind schedule or haven't provided promised capability. and yet these e.r.p.'s make up more than half of the department's entire expenditure in the area of busines

blair house. >> got it. thank you, dan. yes, indeed, super bowl super bowl sunday the big game last night from new orleans in the super so-called superdome didn't prove to be so super. the game, i've got to tell you i admit i watched half the game you know. i have a very early wake-up call. >> i watched the entire game. i took one for the team. >> i thought it was a great game over all 34-31. hard to complaint about a game like that it was close. both teams did a great job. i thought the first half, a little one-sided but baltimore, boy, they showed their stuff with joe flacco what an incredible quarterback but colin kkaepernick just threw too many interceptions for the 49ers. but all in all, i thought a really, really great game and then that, to see that, the kickoff and the return. what's his name. jacoby jones. right? wide receiver. >> he is good. >> he was way back in the end zone caught that kick and then took off, and nobody could stop him. unbelievable. >> tied a super ball record for longest return 108 yards which