hold off on doing some work that dca wanted to do themselves. was directly involved in communicating with our staff there. and so we agreed. and the debate began shortly thereafter because the agreement was all work product would be provided, and that's the proper verbage, that anyone there provided, and then there was this long, drawn-out debate about, well, and it finally ended up, well, it was just conversation, so we'll give you access to the people. that's kind of where it's at. but i'll restate the question. is there in the language of the land which is is there any other work product that has not been provided to the government? >> okay. i was very involved in the tiger team. i'm also very involved in the dcaa audit of 2003 and 2004 where this has come up a number of times. the purpose of the tiger team was to send experienced procurement officials in on a short-term basis so that they could update the procurement files. that information has been provide today the dcaa. i am not aware of any special reports that the tiger team put togethe

dca. mr. walter. >> we also take this very seriously. i was hired by the company in 2003 based on the experience i had in helping companies with these types of fish use. when we came and we have taken a very serious look and focused effort on identifying issues raised by the auditors as they come in and if we need to implement a corrective action we will implement corrective action. >> you say if we need to. >> there are some cases we may not agree with the position as to whether an item is a significant deficiency or not and those we work directly with the auditor and we do have monthly meetings that we have had the past couple of years to discuss the specific issues being raised by and corrective action plan is required what are the steps we are taking, how are we progressing against the steps. >> roughly how much of the time to do take issue with the findings as opposed to just shrugging and fixing? >> i would say probably about half the time the issues we look at we agree with, and we will make the changes -- >> in the case you disag

parsons said, we've had at least two meetings since june to talk about dca's involvement. mr. parson's commitment that we will be involved with auditing the task orders on the preaward basis for iraq. >> well, we've heard promises of cooperation before. i'm glad this is a little more than in the past. what objections are you meeting and how do you answer them about why they didn't last time and they wouldn't this time let you audit the proposals which as you say could become a deep pocket, the drawdown could become a deep pocket for contractors. go ahead. >> i'll talk in generalities whether it's been from afghanistan or kuwait for the task orders in general. i hear such things as dcaa takes too long. we need an audit quickly. i've heard that you asked for too much data. you want the contractors to submit more data than what perhaps is needed. and you have too many issues that gets raised that delay in the awarding of the contract. and we recognize -- we sincerely recognize that delays in contract audits do no one any good. and to mitigate this, we have set up a central pe

parsons said, we've had at least two meetings since june to talk about dca's involvement.e mr. parson's commitment that we will be involved with auditing the task orders on the preaward basis for iraq. >> well, we've heard promises of cooperation before. i'm glad this is a little more than in the past. what objections are you meeting and how do you answer them about why they didn't last time and they wouldn't this time let you audit the proposals which as you say could become a deep pocket, the drawdown could become a deep pocket for contractors. go ahead. >> i'll talk in generalities whether it's been from afghanistan or kuwait for the task orders in general. i hear such things as dcaa takes too long. we need an audit quickly. i've heard that you asked for too much data. you want the contractors to submit more data than what perhaps is needed. and you have too many issues that gets raised that delay in the awarding of the contract. and we recognize -- we sincerely recognize that delays in contract audits do no one any good. and to mitigate this, we have set up a central p

schmidt, it was you who said you work with dca, you work with dcma, you work with the army. do you get the sense that government speaks with one voice on these matters? all three of you. >> i guess from our limited view of the contract, i would have to say yes. >> also to this contract, i don't see anything by a single voice. >> i would agree with that except for the exception of dcma, we have received very little input. in fact they contact us for the first time last week. >> really? >> yes, sir. >> thank you very much. that was fascinating. i yield b last 30 seconds. >> good, thank you. commissioner tiefer. >> mr. houck. >> yes, sir. >> on the issue of you having had no choice left you by ncom but to cut linguists salary, would you take and give our staff, would you have some high-level people who know your stuff give the staff a briefing with actual records and figures as opposed to alternative of reusing the ridiculously set up structure which your contracting officer would have done for you and partial termination for the convenience? >> we would welcome the idea to bri

hold off on doing some work that dca wanted to do themselves.as directly involved in communicating with our staff there. and so we agreed. and the debate began shortly thereafter because the agreement was all work product would be provided, and that's the proper verbage, that anyone there provided, and then there was this long, drawn-out debate about, well, and it finally ended up, well, it was just conversation, so we'll give you access to the people. that's kind of where it's at. but i'll restate the question. is there in the language of the land which is is there any other work product that has not been provided to the government? >> okay. i was very involved in the tiger team. i'm also very involved in the dcaa audit of 2003 and 2004 where this has come up a number of times. the purpose of the tiger team was to send experienced procurement officials in on a short-term basis so that they could update the procurement files. that information has been provide today the dcaa. i am not aware of any special reports that the tiger team put together,

but i think the record high tomorrow at dca is 98 degrees at reagan national.could tie it or beat it. >> in jeopardy. >> yes. >> all right. thanks, man. >>> in sports this morning a record set at redskins park and the nationals power their way to a seventh straight victory. >> good morning. we start with baseball and offense is what's powered the nats to a big league best six-game winning streak but the one thing you don't get against arizona pitcher dan haren is offense. haren is holding opponents to a 1.98 batting average. that mark is best in the bigs. last night, nats trying to stretch their stwreek to seven. we start in the bottom of the first. adam dunn facing dan haren with runners on the corners and dunn pokes one through the right side for a base hit. nyger morgan trots home to give the nats a 1-0 lead, only the fourth run haren has allowed in the first inning all season, so instead of coming from behind, the nats get on the board first. bottom of the second, still 1-0 nats. haren pitching to alberto gonzales. check this out. gonzalez hits one back to

decent afternoon for you, show what you we have right now, saber flight explorer, chess speak area, bwi, dcaashington metro airports, not much going on. off couple of thunderstorms around the delmarva peninsula, not affecting you right now, good news. might see a couple of thunderstorms pop up later on today. delay-wise, not much more than an hour for anybody, charlotte, storms, miami, orlando, same thing, denver thunderstorms, too. then cross the upper midwest, minneapolis, gusty winds today, 30 miles per hour, san francisco there is your morning fog. >>> some of the coolest stuff i have seen in a while, i-report of the day, surf's up in jersey, thanks to mike, look at this. look at the size of these waves, right around the spring lake, ocean grove area of jersey. why i got into meteorology, richard. waves in jersey like this only happen once every five to ten years, know what is going to happen. people boogie board. there doesn't count until you stand up, we used to say. that is a surfer talking. look at the size of those waves. >> for us, boogie boarding works. >> tried to get up there fo

the other related internal controls, i understand why they are important, and i understand how dca does the reviews, but they are not expressly, explicitly set forth in the contract. and the requirements for what is adequate is not subject to the rulemaking process, but rather contained within the dcaa's own internal memo. >> who writes these contracts? do you have the right to insert to the contract whatever language you think is necessary in order to hold the contractorcontractor's feet to the fire? >> there is provision for special clauses, but they are the standard causes provided by regulation. they are reviewed, tailored or custom closets. >> could yield a second on that one, clark? >> sherbet. >> there are a few tailored causes, the government and write a contract like anybody can write what they want, and in the contractor can decide whether or not to accept, isn't that correct, mr. ricci? >> yes, sir. again, we don't write the contract. >> me ask. you can write what you want, correct? >> yes, sir. , for an individual contract, as long as it is within the laws and regulations, t