Now, I understand the U.S. is renegotiating the agreement with Japan and not all the figures are worked out. I seriously am concerned that the majority of these marines relocating to Guam may now be rotational.

In achieving the right mix for the Total Force, how does the Department of Navy use the annual inventory of inherently governmental and commercial activities, and associated manpower mix determinations, to identify the civilian workforce…

President Obama has made reducing reliance on contractors and rebalancing the workforce a major management initiative of his Administration.

Please provide a detailed list of all exceptions the Department of Navy has had approved to date.

This committee was recently made aware of a decision to convert functions at Naval Shipyard Portsmouth to contract performance.

Given the civilian personnel constraints first reflected in last year's budget and continued in the FY13 submission, can you certify in full accordance with 10 USC sections 129 and section 129a?

The GAO recently reported that DOD contributes nearly $3.3 billion to defense contractor pension plans.

What if the work is found to be inherently governmental or otherwise should be performed by civilians, instead of contractors?

The Department requested emergency relief from the Paperwork Reduction Act in order to move forward, after 4+ years of non-compliance, with the Inventory of Contracts for Services.

In FY10, the Department added 17,000 new positions as a result of insourcing contracted services.

Surely the quest for efficiency is not intended to divert people from their core missions or result in them working in filthy conditions.