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Daniel Akaka was a prominent Democratic politician from Hawaii who served as a United States Senator from 1990 to 2012. Born on September 11, 1924, Akaka was the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the U.S. Senate. Throughout his tenure, he was known for his advocacy on issues such as education, veterans' affairs, and Native Hawaiian rights. He played a significant role in promoting the Community Reinvestment Act and was a strong supporter of expanding access to financial services for underserved communities.
today, along with Senators Carper, Cardin, and Coons, I am introducing the Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011. This bill will help agencies fix the broken recruitment and hiring process in the Federal Government. I am pleased…
However, the one thing that is not in doubt is the fact that our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines continue to serve with honor and distinction.
Today, our Native communities face severe and disproportionate threats to their public safety.
Nationwide Indian reservations suffer from a violent crime rate of more than two-and-a-half times the national average.
I look forward to working with the Administration and my colleagues in the Senate to ensure that the IC's total workforce is properly balanced to further its important mission.
I want to thank you very much for taking the time to testify today and thank you for your service to our country as well.
Despite these challenges, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) last published an IC Strategic Human Capital Plan in 2006.
What will ODNI do to make sure it has a robust acquisition workforce, including adequately trained and empowered employees?
He is going to get it right and he is going to work on what is inherently government and adhere to that.
Our oversight is intended to help ODNI focus on finding an appropriate balance of contractors and Federal workers across the IC.
I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, September 22, 2011, at 2:15 p.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Tribal Law and Order Act One Year…
The IC must exercise sufficient oversight to make sure those tasks are completed by a Federal worker.
I believe that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has been especially active in this area of looking at contracts.
I am concerned that 10 years later the IC remains too heavily dependent on contractors.
Mr. Haugland, the Inspector General's report finds that ODNI is not managing its acquisition personnel.
The Intelligence Community has played a critical role in keeping us safe in the decade since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In our view, the very fact that the Secretary is allowed by statute to waive the restriction suggests that Congress did not view the function as inherently governmental per se.
If the contractors want to pay their executives millions of dollars, they are free to do that.
Would you elaborate on the line of concerns and corrective actions that should be implemented?
I think that your commitment will be tested in the months to come because there are those who, I think in a myopic way, focus on reducing the size of the Federal Government and what they really mean is reducing the size of the Federal…
if arbitrary reductions in the size of the Federal workforce are put in place, we could have a situation, as we have unfortunately seen in the past, where agencies turn in an unjustified and unthoughtful way to contractors to do work that…
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