my sense is that DOD has, instead, been using that unique authority to hire the same types of civilians

I understand that when the Navy's primary ERP system is fully deployed it will only cover just over half of all obligation authority in the Navy.

What does this mean to all the strategies in the FIAR plan that says these new systems are so essential to audit readiness?

I thank you for that answer.

what more, if anything, can be done to ensure that DOD hires and retains the skilled workforce needed

Overall, we are going to have to make some tough choices around here, no matter what the deficit plan that goes forward.

I couldn't agree more that this short-term funding is not the best way to fund a government, nor is it the best to deal with the fiscal crisis that we face.

I think what that report showed is that the reconstruction money, defense dollars, are particularly susceptible to waste, fraud, and mismanagement.

This hearing goes to the heart of the fiscal crisis that faces our Nation.

what, if anything, is your office doing to either make these other systems compliant to support an audit or to replace them?

I'm specifically interested in what you call the SFIS, which has been in the architecture for several years and is essential for achieving audit readiness.

I am concerned that DOD has too much of a budget focus and not enough of a focus on what they are spending the $700 billion Congress has given them.