Madeleine Bordallo

As efficiencies are being executed across EUCOM, is the workload and functions associated with those being tracked as eliminated or divested through the annual inventory of functions?

In the EUCOM plan for the inventory of contracts for services in accordance with section 8108(c) of last year's appropriations act...

Are you comfortable that all contracted services currently supporting EUCOM are the most cost-effective and risk-averse source of labor?

To what extent has EUCOM used insourcing to reduce reliance on contractors, rebalance its workforce, and generate efficiencies?

Did EUCOM seek relief from DOD-mandated civilian personnel levels in order to insource contracted work more cost-effectively performed by civilians?

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

How do you reconcile these figures? Do you believe that reductions in the civilian workforce should mirror and be proportionate to those in the uniformed workforce?

H.R. 3893 would prevent insourcing from occurring until, among other things, has published for comment its insourcing policy.

Would Section 302 of H.R. 3893 allow contractors to litigate agencies' determinations that certain functions should be insourced for performance reasons?

The civilian workforce reductions reflected in the past two budgets demonstrate the Department's commitment to challenge workload requirements and more appropriately size its workforce to meet our most pressing and critical priorities.

What processes are in place to ensure the workload associated with reductions being made in the civilian workforce is in fact ceasing, as opposed to being absorbed by other labor sources such as contractors or military personnel?

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

Why would Congress consider any potential changes to recruiting and retention incentives such as military retirement and health care or reductions to essential training accounts when Defense can't identify the cost of what you pay for in…

You mentioned civilian reductions of 7,000 across DOD yet the Air Force reports that they have nearly 16,000 civilians they are reducing.

Can you please share the results of that review and what the end-result has been in terms of realignment of work?

In reviewing the President's proposed FY13 budget it appears many critical B-52 programs were cut.

As efficiencies are being executed across the Department of Air Force, is the workload and functions associated with those being tracked as eliminated or divested through the annual inventory of functions?

What assurances can you give me that as civilian reductions or hiring freezes are occurring across Air Force installations work is not shifting illegally to contract performance?

Did the Department of Air Force seek relief from DOD-mandated civilian personnel levels in order to insource contracted work more cost-effectively performed by civilians?

The Department's budget request overview included discussion of improved buying power and how acquisitions are managed.

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

How does the Department of Air Force's budget request for FY13 reconcile with legislative language set forth in Division A, Section 8012 of Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012?

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?

Another program proposed to be completely terminated is the replacement of the B-52 radar.

You prepared a statement that read 'The Air Force will meet its OSD-directed civilian end strength target for FY12.'