On the recordMay 18, 2011
I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled, ``Stimulus Contractors Who Cheat on Their Taxes: What Happened?'' The Subcommittee hearing will focus on the findings of the forthcoming Government Accountability Office Report entitled Thousands of Recovery Act Contract and Grant Recipients Owe Hundreds of Millions in Federal Taxes to examine how contractors with tax delinquencies received payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA. The hearing will also examine solutions to the problem, including denying Federal contract dollars to subcontractors with serious tax delinquencies. Witnesses for the hearing will include Mr. Gregory D. Kutz, Director of Forensic Audits and Investigative Services of the Government Accountability Office and The Honorable Daniel I. Gordon, Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget. The Subcommittee hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations at (202) 224-9505. ____________________





