>> i want to thank mr. frost for his insightful answers. >> thank you. >> i also want to note that for the massive 2011 budget, it affects many states and their is an interest by other senators on this topic. there will be follow-up questions. we will see how we can do this within this project. >> madam chairman, i hope we could reserve the right to hold another hearing on this matter. >> i absolutely agree that we will hold another hearing to be able to pursue any topics. i would suggest that our able step connect with nasa and sift through this rather content detrick -- content-rich matters of what we have listened to. i like to thank the members who have participated for their stability and very insightful questions. i believe that we all focus on where we want america to be in space and how we protect americans to ask to do things. we should be able to find solutions to how we meet the complex challenges. again mr. frost, thank you. if there are no further questions this morning, the senators may submit addit

i think and i hope mr. frost will attest to the fact that since my becoming the nasa breeding standard with all the perspectives unders whether small or large business commode entrepreneurial or not. we are actually developing a human rating requirements for commercial vehicles that will take the massive number of engineering requirement and various other requirements and put them in one source document that would be able for all who wish to enter the commercial launch market. in terms of safety. safety and reliability are very interesting factors. and when i talk about safety of the vehicle and testing myself that the vehicle is safe commentary number of criteria that have to be met. the number one criteria is demonstrated lability. and i would point out that we have three candidates vehicles at the present time. ares one, d-delta nine and taurus two. to demonstrate reliability of all vehicles is we've never flown in ares one. we've never flown a falcon nine. we've never flown a taurus too. so why their predicti

mr. frosteen involved in and served as a federal law enforcement officer since 1976 in a variety of investigative protective and leadership roles and in our third witness today is james tomsheck of the office of internal affairs at cbp. mr. tomsheck is a former deputy assistant director of the office of investigations at the united states secret service as well as former deputy assistant director of the office of government and public affairs. the office of internal affairs has developed and implemented a comprehensive integrity strategy designed to prevent and investigate all threats to the integrity of the cbp. with that what i would like to do this call on mr. perkins and what we are going to do is if you could limit your remarks to five minutes and please understand we will put your written statements in the record so that will be part of the record but if you could limit statements to five minutes i would be perfect. mr. perkins. >> good morning, chairman pryor. i'm pleased to be here to d

i think, and i hope mr. frost will attest to the fact that since my becoming the nasa administrator, we share the human rating standards with all of the perfective vendors, whether they are large or small, entrepreneurial or not, we are actually developing a set of human rating requirements for commercial vehicles that will take the massive numbers of engineering requirements and various other requirements and put them in one source document that will be available for all who wish to enter the market. in terms of safety, safety and reliability are very interesting factors. and when we -- when i talk about safety of a vehicle and satisfies myself that a vehicle is safe, there are a number of criteria that have to be met. the number one criteria is demonstrated reliability. i would point that we have three can -- candidate vehicles. we have never thrown an aries one or falcon 9 or taurus 2. they are equal. they are all zero. i will also point out when we flew the space shuttle, when i came to nasa in 1980, the predi

mr. frost, let me do a follow-up with you. we have talked about customs and border protection. can you give us a sense of ice and tsa and other agencies in terms of frequency of corruption? >> the numbers for ice and cvp are quite different. their mission is different and a number of employees is different. they are at about half in terms of arrests and case investigations. ice also includes the element includesice that deals with detainees and alien detainee's and transportable, individuals. cis, from a homeland security standpoint, our -- is our area of most concern. immigration benefits are such a valuable commodity to enemies of the united states whether they are drug trafficking organizations or other persons that would do us harm and the ability of lower level employees to make decisions on immigration benefits is disproportionate, similar, i would say, to cvp's authorities at the border where you have -- your average employee making decisions about whether someone can come in the country. certainly, with immigration benefits, the impact is even more lasting than profound

mr. frost? >> arm with neilon security office of inspector general. as assistant for investigations, my office is responsible for investigating all allegations of employee misconduct, including those along our nation's borders. our mission in part is to strengthen the effectiveness of dhs by conducting in front -- investigations and exercising oversight that will protect the nation from dangerous people and dangerous things. the oig reports both to the secretary and the congress. and our position requires objectivity. we have a staff of highly trained and experienced criminal investigators deployed in 25 offices in the u.s. and complemented by a staff of audit inspection professionals. border related corruption is not limited to one dhs component. it can touch employees and contractors across dhs as well as employees of state and local governments. in f y 2009 we opened over 839 criminal cases involving dhs employee programs. it resulted in a 215 arrests, 281 convictions and 51 administrative actions. the one of our strategies is leveraging resources

i hope mr. frost will attest to the fact that since i have become the nasa administrator, we -- whether they are large or small business, entrepreneurial or not, we are developing a set of human rating requirements for commercial veebs that will take the mass -- vehicles that will take the massive numbers of engineering requirements and put them in one source document that will be available for all who wish to enter the commercial launch market. in terms of safety, safety and reliability are very interesting factors and when we -- when i talk about safety of a vehicle and satisfying myself that a vehicle is safe, there are a number of criteria that have to be met. the number one criteria is demonstrated liability. i would point out that we have three candidate vehicles at the time. the demonstrated reliability of all three vehicles is zero. we have never flown an ares one or a falcon 9 or a towers 2. the safety of all of these vehicles and their reliability they are equal. all zero. i was always point

mr. john frost, a member of the nasa aerospace safety advisory panel who will be speaking to the committee, to ensure that no matter where we decide, we ensure the safety of the astronauts. the 2011 nasa budget is $19 billion, $276 million more than 2010. the top highlight of this new budget includes major investments in science. $5 billion in 2011. this is a special of the heart and plus up in earth science. we'll be talking about that in a minute. the other that we think is quite heartening is extending the life of the international space station to continue its operation through 2020 and possibly beyond, bleeping better value for a dollar in better value for astronauts efforts. we spent a lot of time building the space station. now we've got to spend our time using the space station. it's time to retire the space shuttle and the president provides for that at the end of calendar year 2010, only three more flights to go after it 30 years of exceptional and honorable service. the president's budget almost increases funding for aeronautics research, $72 million for 2010, a must do to keep

mr. john frost, a member of the nasa aerospace advisory panel who will be speaking to the committee to ensurethat the matter what we decide, we assure the safety of the astronauts. the 2011 nasa budget is $19 billion, $276 million more than 20 times. the top highlighted new budget includes major investments in science. $5 billion in 2011. this is a special of the heart and plus up in earth science. will be talking about that in a minute. the other that we think is quite heartening is extending the life of the international space station to continue its operation through 2020 and possibly beyond, getting better value for dollar and better value for astronauts efforts. we spent a lot of time building the space station. now we have do spend the time using the space station. it's time to retire the space shuttle and the president provides for that at the end of allender 2010 in which three more fights to go with 30 years of exceptional and honorable service. the presidents budget also increases funding for aeronautics research. $72 million about 2010, and must do to keep america competitive. ther