mr. allison, and mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. herbert allison is the author of the "report of the independent consultant's review with respect to the department of energy loan and loan guarantee portfolio." we appreciate your good work on that report, and we look forward to your describing it to us and making any other comments before we ask questions. thank you. >> thank you, chairman bingaman, ranking member murkowski, and members of the committee. i was appointed by the chief of staff of white house to study the department of energy portfolio of loans and guarantees to clean energy projects. i was asked to evaluate the current status of the portfolio, proposed ways to strengthen management and oversight of the program, and recommend a system to provide early warning of problems that might harm the portfolio's value. if the scope of my assignment did not include investigating past decisions and actions because several independent investigations are underway. given a tight 60-day deadline to my team and i relied and readily available in

mr. allison, and mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. herbert allison is the author of the "report of the independent consultant's review with respect to the department of energy loan and loan guarantee portfolio." we appreciate your good work on that report, and we look forward to your describing it to us and making any other comments before we ask questions. thank you. >> thank you, chairman bingaman, ranking member murkowski, and members of the committee. i was appointed by the chief of staff of white house to study the department of energy portfolio of loans and guarantees to clean energy projects. i was asked to evaluate the current status of the portfolio, proposed ways to strengthen management and oversight of the program, and recommend a system to provide early warning of problems that might harm the portfolio's value. if the scope of my assignment did not include investigating past decisions and actions because several independent investigations are underway. given a tight 60-day deadline to my team and i relied and readily available in