ms. crumbly about how you all have really stepped it up in terms of looking at performance on contracts and whether or not a suspension or debarment is something that should be considered. just to give you some big numbers, according to the defense department, over a five-year period, we had -- let me get the exact numbers because i want to make sure i get it right. in 2011, the defense department found that over a ten-year period, the department had awarded $255 million to contractors who were convicted of criminal fraud. and $574 billion to contractors involved in civil fraud cases that resulted in a settlement or judgment against the contractor. many of whom were never suspended or debarred. in 2011, gao reported that the state department had only had six suspension or debarment cases with over $33 billion in outstanding contracts. now look at air force. air force has had 367 suspension or debarment actions in a single year last year. the state has had six in five years. the air force suspension and debarment officer is independent from the acquisition chain. so somebody who is involved

ms. crumbly, who decided a dual-fuel, $300 million power plant was a good idea in turk hill? i know that's not what it's typically called. i don't know if i'm pronouncing it right. >> request i call it the kabul power plant. >> i always say it's in the kabul. >> exactly. it was an interagency decision to move forward with the power plant, and i do want to note that the power plant is working in terms of performing at peak or surge capacity. >> yikes. $300 million for -- that's one expensive generator in an emergency. >> no, i understand. and we have turned it over to what they call daps or the afghan utility portion of the government, so we are looking at how that can be sustainable in the long term. so it is meeting some needs in the country. you noted that the foreign assistance act requires that we focus on sustainable development, and we do do that in usaid programs. it's a key factor for consideration whenever we're developing program or projects. i would say that we've had some work to do, and we've taken seriously the cwc recommendations and, in essence, we have, um, p