there is no way Congress is going to continue to allow this process to go forward without cost saving being a major criterion.

Isn't GSA the one that's doing the certification, or responsible for it?

we will schedule another hearing. It may not be here, but it will be in Washington.

I am pleased to chair one of the Oversight and Reform subcommittees, which is Government Operations, and have the opportunity to be here today.

We want to make certain that we give them the tools to be able to do the job.

So we need to get, first of all, some stability in the certification process, and people certified, then some motivation, and some empowerment of those charged with this responsibility to move forward, and again, some accountability in the…

Does anybody know how many cloud certification requests are pending?

The sequestration will be eliminated.

The thing that drives you nuts with government, you've seen it, is people are making a decision.

Today's hearing, actually, again, is the result of some of the work of the Democrat leader of the committee.

I can't even begin to imagine how much we spend in sort of a mundane process, not that there aren't variations for background checks and all kinds of information to be combined.