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Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Kratovil

Date: June 25, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense


Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Kratovil -- (House of Representatives - June 25, 2009)

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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. I'm grateful to Chairman Skelton for including one of my amendments in en bloc amendment 2 and another in en bloc amendment 3. Both address oversight and transparency of defense contracting. The first will allow Members of Congress to access the contractor performance database created under the FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act. The database collects information about civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings that result in a conviction or a finding of fault against companies holding U.S. government contracts.

Currently, access to the database is limited to the chairman and ranking members of certain committees, and limits the ability of Congress to determine the performance of contractors.

The second requires annual reporting on individuals responsible for overseeing contracts, including reports of how many dollars each contracting officer is responsible for and a report on how many contracting officers are themselves contract employees.

In 2008, the GAO found that 42 percent of Army contract specialists are themselves contractors. The amendment would ensure that we have access to information illustrating changes in the contract oversight workforce that will help us in improving defense contributing.

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