we have three counties in Delaware. The southernmost county is called Sussex County. Several years ago, I was privileged to visit a Methodist Church there and speak as a lay speaker to try to encourage people to become mentors. The…

I think our biggest risk to our Nation is the exodus of intellectual property that is taking place.

I like that. I will use that one too--this is not the time to take the foot off the accelerator.

Now is not the time to take the foot off the accelerator.

the situation is dire with the Postal Service, but it is not without hope. We can fix this.

All right. Good. Thanks for that commonsense advice.

We have found the car. We are in the car. We have the ignition on. We turn on the radio, have some good music, and now we are heading down the road.

In adversity lies opportunity.

I am struck by as I go home, and even around the country, when I run into people who said, well, we saw a hearing that you were holding with others of your colleagues about how to get better results for less money.

We all hope they move fast.

I think accountability in the private sector is much stronger.

Thanks so much for your testimony. Thanks for your presence and the work that you all are doing in Delaware too.

We need to focus in on measuring.

When I hear someone talk about keeping the foot on the accelerator, I think, well, the first thing we have to do is find the car.

The American people are rightfully skeptical of a government that continues to squander too many of our tax dollars.

We built an IT infrastructure that is bloated, inefficient, and actually makes it more difficult sometimes for the government to serve its citizens.

The first time I use it, I will attribute it to you. After that, it is mine.

CGI applauds the Administration and congressional initiatives in not only eliminating wasteful IT spending but also to encourage Federal agency investment in the new technologies.

One of the benefits that flows from this, we have found, is not just recovering some of the money that has been misspent or overspent, but we actually get good ideas for how not to make those same mistakes, especially on health care, like…

IT is an enabler, but IT has the ability to truly change lives.

Thank you, Chairman Carper, for this opportunity to appear before you today.

When we talk about really hard things to do----

If we cannot get agreement on all the cyber bills that are out there, let's look at what we can agree upon and move those bills forward to better protect our Nation.

I like that--enabling the mission of government.

Can we say that we are getting what we are paying for? Can we say that we have looked at every nook and cranny of our IT investments?