. >> chairman wilson, chairman wittman and distinguished members ofhsubcommittees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the progress that we have made at arlington national cemetery. as both of the chairmen and ranking member davis and cooper both know from our monthly updates, there still is a lot of work left that we have to do at arlington. but the army and the entire cemetery are prepared to address the challenges that remain. but today significant congress has been made. progress as a result of our concerted focus on establishing repeatable standards, measures and operating procedures that emphasize safety, proficiency, professionalism and accountability. the implementation of state of the art technology now make the hay -- hallowed grounds of arlington one of the most technologically advanced in the country. a different perspective than 19 months ago when the cemetery lacked stewardship was a paper-based operation using a typewriter and having only one fax machine. when calls were not answered and the workforce was not properly manned, trained or

wittman tariffs but i would like to think the witnesses. there are a couple things here but also the committee would like to know today. i think mr. cooper brings up a great point about the accountability and the actions and i think all of us feel like a sufficient amount of time is past where those investigations should have reached the conclusion. there should be findings and there should be actions, so i think she -- i know our committee would expect from you syndication about where that is coming and i realize it may not be under your direct jurisdiction and i realize it is probably the internal investigation and the army but i sure that you can pass on to the army leadership that i think both of our committees would like a definitive answer as to where that goes on, and i realize mr. cooper's frustration because at our last meeting at our last hearing the same questions were asked when we could expect findings and actions and as mr. cooper pointed out, they spent a long time, and i think all of us think it's very reasonable that a conc

wittman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would also like to thank the witnesses. i think there are a couple of things here that all of us on the committee would like to know today. i think mr. cooper brings up a great point about accountability and about past actions, current investigations. i think all of us feel like sufficient amount of time has passed where those investigations should have reached their conclusion. there should be findings, and there should be actions. so i think -- i know that our committee would expect from you, general vangjel, and from you, ms. condon, some indication about where that is. may notur dect jury diction. i realize it's probably direct internal investigations within the army. but i'm sure you can pass on to the army leadership there that i think both of our committees would like a definitive answer as to where that goes on. i realize mr. cooper's frustration. because at our last meeting, at our last hearing, the same questions were asked about when we could expect findings and actions. as mr. cooper pointed out, it's been a lon

chairman, i yield back. >> thank you, chairman wittman. we now have ranking remember jim cooper of tennessee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the title of the hearing, i'm worried we're hearing more about accounting and bureaucracy than we are hearing about accountability. when i talk to folks back home they think accountability means that somebody was in charge and they had to account for what they did or did not do while they were in charge. and we're not hearing much about that. and to refresh everybody's memory, july/august of '09 the newspaper, the "washington post," discovered irregularities at the cemetery. i think it was june 2010, almost a year later, the secretary of the army responded. we had a hearing in '11. now it's '12. we are years into this and, to my knowledge, not one person, either military or civilian, has been punished in any way for one of the worst scandals in the 150-year history of arlington national cemetery. now, as this was going on, we've learned from the news media that the air force was apparently improperly dis

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. >> chairman will send, chairman wittman khmer ranking member couperin distinguished members of subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today for your oversight and support over the past 18 months. it has made a difference at arlington national cemetery. since assuming duties of the army inspector general in november, ever the previous inspections and that was executive director and her team and other stakeholders involved in correcting deficiencies found at arlington. having to fully appreciate the progress made, one only has to review the 2010 ig report, which identifies 61 deficiencies. among them the florida organizational climate archaic recordkeeping recordkeeping and nomination systems uncontrolled contract in the budgeting process as a significant problem with great site accountability. in contrast of you may recall from general mccoy's testimony to 2011 ig report identified no deficiencies and noted significant progress at the cemetery gradually teach the course set by secretary of 2010 as there were other sites from the department of the staff. in short, the mismanagem