i want to explore something that commissioner shays read very briefly and just get a yes or a no. there's a recommendation, i think, we're popping numbers, number 22 that says agencies certify, require agencies to certify the use of past performance database. require agencies to certify the use. does anyone on, up there think that that's without merit? all right. well, it seems to me then that the next part of that is the accountability that commissioner shays brought up which is if you do that, right now it's a whole lot of -- and we're doing it, it's in the testimony, well, we're doing this to improve it -- but there's none of this, here's where the failure occurred or senior management accountability. well, if you require the agencies to certify that they're effectively using it consistent with the requirements and the regulations, then at least you can evaluate the process that they're using. but if as you see in the chart there you get all those zeros or less than so %, you've -- 10%, you've got nothing to evaluate. so it would seem to me if you implemented that, you could tu

good morning, chairman thibault, chairman shays and commissioners. my name is where admiral robert gilbeau and i'm the commander of international director for the defense contract management agency, or dcma. thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearings regarding contractor has performance and the suspension and debarment process. i'm would like to say that i think accountability is very important and i take it to heart as a navy supply corps officer. in our contract administration role, the dcma conducts reviews, cost of liability determinations and past performance information for field level contract operations to activities such as the u.s. central command joint theater contracting command, and the army contracting command at rock island. we also provide comprehensive contract administration services for the army's logistics civil augmentation program, or logcap, and air force contract augmentation program, or ascap. as was other delicate contracts throughout a contingency a program offices and procure contracting offices, or p

the things shay's people want change the people were hurt people hurt we moved to action people angry they moved to action i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy. i mean one in egypt crowds are calling for the death penalty to be handed to their former interior minister as he stands trial for corruption in karma the country one of the first to write to him popular protest is still reeling from the uprising that president hosni mubarak was forced to step down in february and the saudis oksana boyko reports life for many egyptians may be even harder than before. loading on freedom after decades of protest abstinence egyptians are tasting their newly found liberties still unable to get enough of with. even the resignation of hosni mubarak's close associate as prime minister one of the key demands of the opposition didn't take the steam out of to free squares rally in fact been number of tent city residents seems to be getting even higher now as lee has been camping on the square for three weeks formerly a special needs educato

>> thank you chairman shays. chairman thibault and members of the commission, for the opportunity to appear before you today. to discuss contractor accountability, past performance, suspension and debarment. i am maureen shauket, the chief acquisition officer and suspension and debarment official for usaid. usaid's mission is an important one. our humanitarian and development work serves as a pillar for national security by building stronger economies and more stable democracies. we are committed to invest in u.s. taxpayer funds wisely at each phase of the procurement process. to yield sustainable long-term results. have realized his commitment to usaid forward and our reform to improve the way we do business. we are holding ourselves more accountable and we expect the same from our contractors and grantees. we expect our contractors to be good stewards of taxpayer funds. we expect contractors to act with integrity, and we're holding them accountable when they fall short. we are on the right track, but i will say

. >> shay nos cuenta que la llamaron para informar que no tenía clases . >> el polemico alguacil esta bahía, vino a la reunión ,ante las camaras así se defendio de quienes lo acusan de racista . >> es lo uyltimo que pueden hacer me llaman racista pero eh trabajado en muchos países . >> mis padres son de italia, pero no hablare de mi vida personal pero tengo 4 hijos adoptivos de diferentes razas . >> este será su inicio trabajaremos mucho para poder lograrlo el país lo necesita tenemos muchos problemas, que estamos sufiendo con la falta de trabjo y la incertidumbre que hay en el país . >> el sigui echando leña, . >> posiblemente nadie tiene el valor de enfrentarlo cara a cara . >> prometi oque redoblara los esfuerzos para que los carteles no comentan más crimines en la frontera, harris visito uno de decenas de tuneles usados para el contrabando ,miles de personas se reunieron agitando pancartas para protestar las propuestas para combatir la llegada ilega l >> la asamblea a probo 2 situaciones muy similares a la ley de arizona, . >> el número de muertos en japón supera los 10 mil , la p

. >> joining us now is nina shay at the hudson institute. today they gathered on the streets of tahrir square, downtown, cairo in a show of symbolism. do you think this can be sustained in a post mubarak regime? >> i am concerned about the christians. they were there before islam. they have been there for about 2,000 years. they are very vulnerable. they do not have weapons, militias, tribal links. about 10 percent of the population. a very overwhelmingly, we don't now how much radicalized nation. >> the pictures of them demolishing the church. where was the police? the army, the authorities in protecting christians in the situations like this? >> the reports we are receiving, the police have melted away, particularly outside cairo. they have disappeared, not offering protection. the military came to that town but backed off, did not stop the violence. did not work to protect the christians. that is what is so alarming. they are vulnerable. it is a misnomer to talk ability glashs between christians and muslims or tensions. let's be clear abo

shays. thank you, sir. we just want to focus on mr.carter. >> if i could get my five seconds back very quickly. you are right, 60 - small, the other hand, about 70 folks it makes a difference of contracting. there's a huge deal. the other thing is you just worried be even more. the last thing we need right now in the middle of a war as for the dcma to be disrupted by brack. >> let me say one good thing about the dcma's future, which is that the are included in the acquisition workforce exception that i now mentioned several times by the secretary. so we are giving them a lot of attention because of their importance. we are also getting dcaa and dcma aligned in terms of the the requirements that they've placed on contractors. so there is a lot going on with respect -- >> dr. carter, want to honor -- to do our best to get you out of fear so i'm going to do my best of my time. this isn't a court of law in the court, you know, you have to know the answer to the question before you ask the question, so some of my questions i don't know the

now nationals payer play, shay webber competes on the advantage and we are going to overtime. there's the closure. [ buzzer ] >> he's done it again, patrick marlew. >> put a beer down it, you got the closer. his 8th overtime goal. nashville was held 4 shorts in the thinker period. how bad has this road trip been for the warriors? he scored 19 points tonight. monte gave it to him right there. warriors down 12 in the first period. mante leads in the second half. six total in the game. that is a career best for monte ellis. watch this finish. watch this finish. he scored 17 of his 24 in the third. warriors just their second win on this road trip with one left to g in jersey. former a's kicker has better facial hair than anybody else. thoughing out the first pitch, andy laroche. he is batting.3 # 3. nearly got thrilled by the broken bat, but a's win the game 2-1. the giants lost to the narer ins, too. o i'm beginning to think that heat needs a time for nays. >> bug i don't cry. but they lose to the blazers. the heat has lost a season high five straight. number four, a brat leads o

. >> chairman shays, chairman thibault, other members of the commission, i'm honored that you invited me to testify today, the second time i've appeared before this distinguished panel. i've read with great interest the commission second interim report which issued late last week. and while all of us will need to study and reflect on the recommendations in that interim report, more carefully than time has allowed so far, i thought it might be useful to offer a few initial thoughts. first, i commend the commission on producing a thought-provoking report on extremely important topics. the report gives us much to consider as we move forward with their the acquisition improvement efforts. you're focused on over reliance on contractors in particular, including in sensitive areas such as acquisition and security, resonates with the presidents and administrations concerned about over dependence on contractors, especially in critical functions. second, i particularly appreciated of the report's call for strengthening the federal acquisition workforce. and increasing the attention paid acquisi

could offer you this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know things shay's people wanted change people were hurt people hurt we moved to action people were a very they moved to action the world leaders are caught off guard by those. i think they're caught off guard and knowing what how to react because they i believe they know the world is going to be more unstable but they have to support the idea of freedom so it's a mix a mixed blessing we think they all these are going to lead to more i'm raster more instability yes i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy oh i think it's you know does the time make the leader does the leader make the times that's always like an ongoing question when it comes to stuff like this and i think we have to wait and see this is going to be a good test for everyone in power right now to see how they come out yes but what do you think the effect is going to be around the world what i think it's really not going to make much difference. when different people come into pow

the things shays people want change the people were hurt people hurt we moved to action and people are angry they moved to action they believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy. meanwhile in egypt's capital cairo crowds are calling for the death penalty be death penalty to be had for the former interior minister as he struggles trial for corruption the country one of the first to erupt in protest is still reeling from the uprising after toppling president hosni mubarak in february as artie's oxide of boyko reports there are some who fear that life may be even harder than before. loading on. have to take its protest abstinence since that tasting day newly found liberates he's still unable to get enough of it. given the resignation of hosni mubarak's close associate as prime minister one of the key to . mance of their position didn't take the steam out of their three squares rally in fact been number of ten city residents seems to be getting even higher now please been camping on the square for three weeks formerly a special needs

good morning, chairman thibault, chairman shays and commissioners.my name is where admiral robert gilbeau and i'm the commander of international director for the defense contract management agency, or dcma. thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearings regarding contractor has performance and the suspension and debarment process. i'm would like to say that i think accountability is very important and i take it to heart as a navy supply corps officer. in our contract administration role, the dcma conducts reviews, cost of liability determinations and past performance information for field level contract operations to activities such as the u.s. central command joint theater contracting command, and the army contracting command at rock island. we also provide comprehensive contract administration services for the army's logistics civil augmentation program, or logcap, and air force contract augmentation program, or ascap. as was other delicate contracts throughout a contingency a program offices and procure contracting offices, or pc

. >> shays shuttle discovery making plans to return to earth for the final time.he counterparts on the international space station. by the way these are shots taken just a bit ago from the international space station of "discovery" in orbit. the mission was 14 days with discovery delivers a 21 foot long storage compartment to the space station. after three decades of service, the spaceship will be retired after this mission and the entire fleet will be retired later this year. >> listen up. the intrigue surrounding charlie sheen's up and down life could put him back to work pretty soon. billionaire mark cueman says he's been talking about the actor. sheen debuted a live web show saturday night on youstream. it's called sheen's corner. the state of the pop lay cbs show two and a half men remains uncertain. and one more tidbit, apparently one of the two goddesses living with him brie oldson reports she has left the home and he has tweeted saying we are sad over it. applications now being accepted. >> yeah. brie is her working name in the adult film industry. the dea

good morning, i'm christopher shays, co-chairman of the commission on wartime contracting in iraq andhanistan. others could not be with us today. our co-chair just returnedded from two weeks in afghanistan, and is a bit under the weather, but was joined with charless, and charles may be sleepy, but i apologize for any tough questions he'll ask. this hearing will come to a hard stop at 11:35, so this statement is short. we want to maximize the time variable for the question and answer session. today's hearing has a single witness, ash carter, ph.d. who serves the nation as under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and lo gist ticks since april 2009. his formable resumÉ includes degrees in missics and medieval history, positions at hair vorred, mitre corporation and authorship of 11 books. his work bears critically on contracts, and you're probably the most important witness we've had, the focus of all the commission's efforts. we have three purposes in mind. we are looking for his current asisesment of the progress and prospects of the better buying initiatives at the dep

fighters, some of them are the some of them are hard core and they are terrific liars pry lost day shai ast the afghan soldiers can you tell? they said no way. so what you have is a situation in my judgment where the people as a whole whole, watching in afghanistan while the people fight. we have confused two things. in afghanistan i see that prize but not the means of winning the war. but to say if we protect the people they will reject the taliban so you believe one of the other and they gradually come to this conclusion you have to win a first don't think they will help you to wind. this was one of my favorite stories comment a wonderful man was an aide to senator kennedy was killed shortly after this picture was taken but you could not find this village if you tried. they shot one taliban going and then we sat down and began our conversation with the villagers. i had on the boston red sox at and one of the elder said what is that? i said it is the world series champion. i said we are very good and he said did you play for them? i thought i can get away with this. who will note? he s

massachusetts politics who was extraordinarily important in solving the divisions that came out of shay's rebellion during the '70s and '80s. he was elected, wonderful support from the electorate, governor and replaced the hard-line governor who against the insurgence. he pardoned large numbers of the insurgents who had not already been pardoned, and he traveled to distance parts of the states to reach out to the people, to heal the wounds of the rebellion. so he was extraordinarily popular in massachusetts. and he had been a president, of course, this is looking at his later career. he was -- one member of the congress was elected to preside over it. you know, it was the president of the continental congress was not like the president of the united states. he was a presiding officer. hancock was also the president of the massachusetts ratifying convention although he did not attend until the end. he had a serious case of gout. he was home suffering until, finally, a political deal was cut, and he discovered that he could overcome the pain and appear. >> host: this is booktv on c-span2. t

>> anything that is outside of the shay we se city that we sen are it tilery standpoint will be taken out. we have sporadic reports that he is moving some forces around. it is a little early. i haven't received any assessment across the totality of the strikes but we had a significant impact very early in establishing this no fly zone and supporting the mission which is to protect civilians and also to be able to provide corridors or create the conditions for humanitarian relief. >> chris: this is a fast moving story and just came across the wires that russia is formally calling on the u.s. and france and britain to stop nonselective use of force. has that been communicated to you? what does that mean and are you going to change what you are doing? >> right now actually and i was just in a conversation this morning with general carter hamm, we continue from a coalition standpoint to press forward. we had expectations that today not just united states plans will be flying but including the brits, the french, the danes, the spanish, the italians. we continue to press on with the operati

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one of them was shara shays, former n.p.r. correspondent and prominent author and founder of an organization in afghanistan. she spoke of her experiences there. she served in morocco from 1984 to 1986. also present to be recognized and also to participate in the discussion was gordon radly, former president of lucas films and served from 1968 to 1970 and western samoa. third person i spoke, i acknowledge these people, because they are example of community leaders in the country who were influenced both tremendously by their experience in peace corps. one i know well, because he is a constituent of ours in the congressional district, but also with his service is thomas tigue, president and c.e.o. of a very influential of direct relief international, which provides emergency services and disaster aid to countries around the world and head quartered in santa barbara and before he came to this position he served as the associate general counsel and c.o.o. of the peace corps and served in thailand from 1986 to 1988. their stories -

level have been very vague for those of you who followed this stuff closely, you will know that the shays v sec litigation on the regulatory construction of coordination has been up and down a couple times now. and this is not good. i'm talking to you today as somebody who basically wants to deregulate campaign finance and i'll admit that but even if you don't, that is vague and unpredictable legal environment is dangerous in an area where people i feel that they know what the ground rules are to the extent we all sort of assert at the beginning people are well meaning and want to follow the law and i think that's mostly true. having this sort of flux in a very fundamental aspect of the law is not good. the definition of political committee is something you touched on. when is an entity political enough that it goes from being an entity that does something else and just makes political expenditures in a sort of ad hoc occasional way to an entity that really is a political invention? and at the federal level there's sort of a major purpose primary purpose vague threshold if you're talking