mr. geisel. >> thank you, chairman mccaskill, for the opportunity to discuss our views on strengthening oversight of government contracts during contingency operations. i ask that my full testimony be made part of the record. we commend the subcommittee for its leadership and tenacity in developing this critical legislation. madam chairman, we believe that senate bill 2139 is a positive effort to ensure that statutory igs have the tools needed to provide effective oversight in the most challenging overseas environments. the effect of the bill's provisions on oig would be broad, positive, and certainly manageable. oig agrees with and supports sections 101 and 103 in the bill with three suggested revisions. first, we recommend the small but important revision to section 101. we suggest an automatic percentage-based funding mechanism be included in the operations budget for ig oversight. igs will need immediate additional fund to offset the unforeseen and unbudgeted costs of doing business in a contingency environment. a model for these mechanisms can be found in the american recovery and reinvestme