"I look forward to working with you on these issues."
"I think that your commitment will be tested in the months to come because there are those who, I think in a myopic way, focus on reducing the size of the Federal Government and what they really mean i..."
"He is going to get it right and he is going to work on what is inherently government and adhere to that."
"The Intelligence Community has played a critical role in keeping us safe in the decade since the September 11, 2001 attacks."
"Mr. Haugland, the Inspector General's report finds that ODNI is not managing its acquisition personnel."
"Would you elaborate on the line of concerns and corrective actions that should be implemented?"
"I am concerned that 10 years later the IC remains too heavily dependent on contractors."
"Our oversight is intended to help ODNI focus on finding an appropriate balance of contractors and Federal workers across the IC."
"Despite these challenges, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) last published an IC Strategic Human Capital Plan in 2006."
"What will ODNI do to make sure it has a robust acquisition workforce, including adequately trained and empowered employees?"
"I look forward to working with the Administration and my colleagues in the Senate to ensure that the IC's total workforce is properly balanced to further its important mission."
"I believe that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has been especially active in this area of looking at contracts."
"If the contractors want to pay their executives millions of dollars, they are free to do that."
"I want to thank you very much for taking the time to testify today and thank you for your service to our country as well."
"The IC must exercise sufficient oversight to make sure those tasks are completed by a Federal worker."
"In our view, the very fact that the Secretary is allowed by statute to waive the restriction suggests that Congress did not view the function as inherently governmental per se."
"if arbitrary reductions in the size of the Federal workforce are put in place, we could have a situation, as we have unfortunately seen in the past, where agencies turn in an unjustified and unthought..."
"Investment in transportation and infrastructure projects is critical to bringing economic development opportunities to States and local jurisdictions across the Country."
