The small Utah towns that depend on ranching, outdoor motorized recreation and energy production would see their economies decimated because of the restrictive burdens created by this bill.

I would hope that what you would be supportive of is when we go to try to get more money for PILT payments out west.

I think the record would reflect it a little differently.

I would encourage the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Representative Hinchey to do the same, to work cooperatively with all stakeholders.

I think he will do a superb job at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Well, I keep going after the locus of the vision, and you have given us two agencies in OMB, both of which you are responsible for--the E-Government and the OFPP.

We have to have something that works.

I have a slight problem with what I hear of the President's vision. I hear it over and over again--full transparency.

My understanding is that GSA is probably doing a pretty good job of dealing with this, but again they are acting, as the chart showed, under the direction of OMB.

Yes. Can you say Social Security Administration?

we are going to listen to DOD. We are going to listen to GSA.

So what I am hoping for today, Madam Chairman, is that we get an understanding of exactly what the state of affairs might be right now.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, both for your statement and your warm welcome.

One of the things that is wrong with this whole business of Federal procurement is that a number of businesses simply will not play.

I also want to thank Senator Collins for her graciousness in welcoming me to the Committee.

If I can for three seconds be President of the United States, OMB should have ownership of this.

I think the USAspending.gov, the Coburn-Obama Bill, was a very good step in the right direction.

there ought to be in the government some kind of common platform.