S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1993 : joint hearings before the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on S. 1587 ... February 24, March 10

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by  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs

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S. 1587, FEDERAL ACQUISITION STREAMLINING
ACT OF 1993
JOINT HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
AND THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
ON
S. 1587
TO REVISE AND STREAMLINE THE ACQUISITION LAWS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
FEBRUARY 24, MARCH 10 AND 16, 1994
Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs

f S. Hrg. 103-849
S. 1587, FEDERAL ACQUISITION STREAMLINING
ACT OF 1993
JOINT HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
AND THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
ON
S. 1587
TO REVISE AND STREAMLINE THE ACQUISITION LAWS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
FEBRUARY 24, MARCH 10 AND 16, 1994
Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs
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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
JOHN GLENN, Ohio, Chairman
SAM NUNN, Georgia WILLIAMV. ROTH, Jr., Delaware
CARL LEVIN, Michigan TED STEVENS, Alaska
JIM SASSER, Tennessee WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
BYRON L. DORGAN, NorthDakota
Leonard Weiss, StaffDirector
Thomas R. Sisti, Counsel
John Brosnan, Counsel
Franklin G. Polk, Minority StaffDirector and ChiefCounsel
Michal Sue Prosser, ChiefClerk
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
SAM NUNN, Georgia, Chairman
J. JAMES EXON, Nebraska STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
CARL LEVIN, Michigan JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
JOHN GLENN, Ohio TRENT LOTT, Mississippi
RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama DAN COATS, Indiana
ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia BOB SMITH, New Hampshire
BOB GRAHAM, Florida DIRKKEMPTHORNE, Idaho
CHARLES C. ROBB, Virginia LAUCH FAIRCLOTH, North Carolina
JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas
RICHARD H. BRYAN, Nevada
Arnold L. Punaro, StaffDirector
Richard L. Reynard, StaffDirectorfortheMinority
(ID
CONTENTS
Openingstatements: „
SenatorGlenn 1,54,99
SenatorRoth •••• 4,55
SenatorNunn 5,53,100
SenatorThurmond 7,101
SenatorLevin 8
SenatorCohen 1°
SenatorBingaman 11
SenatorPryor 12
Prepared statements:
SenatorRoth 56
SenatorThurmond 66
SenatorSmith 71
SenatorPryor 74
SenatorRoth 121
WITNESSES
Thursday, February 24, 1994
StevenJ. Kelman,Administrator, Office ofFederalProcurementPolicy 14
John M. Deutch, Under Secretary ofDefense for Acquisition and Technology,
U.S. Department ofDefense 19
RogerJohnson,Administrator, GeneralServicesAdministration 23
Thursday, March 10, 1994
RobertMurphy,ActingGeneral Counsel, U.S.AccountingOffice, accompanied
by David Cooper, Director, Acquisition Policy, Technology and Competitive-
ness, and William Woods, Assistant General Counsel, National Security
and InternationalAffairs Division 57
DerekVander Schaaf, Deputy InspectorGeneral, DepartmentofDefense 76
Donald J. Kinlin, Esq., Chairman, Public Contract Law Section, American
BarAssociation, Dayton, OH 80
ErikPages, Business ExecutivesforNational Security, Washington, DC 83
Wednesday, March 16, 1994
Sam F. Iacobellis, Executive Vice President, Rockwell International Corpora-
tion, accompanied by Alan L. Chvotkin, Corporate Director ofGovernment
Relations and SeniorCounsel, Sundstrand Corporation 102
Phillip Odeen, Presidentand ChiefExecutive Officer, BDM International 105
VerleHammond, President, Innovative LogisticsTechniques 108
Parren J. Mitchell, Chairman, Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense
and Education Fund 126
John Statgaj, President, SmallBusiness Legislative Council 129
NicholasReynolds, President, IndependentDefense ContractorsAssociation ... 131
Allan Arlow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Computer and Commu-
nications IndustryAssociation 139
Todd S. Ramsey, Vice President, IBM US-Federal, representing Information
TechnologyAssociation ofAmerica 141
Rhett Dawson, President, Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers As-
sociation 143
Merritt R. Marquardt, Chairman, Integrated Dual-Use Commercial Compa-
nies, accompanied by FrankAbbott, DuPont, andWard Collins, Dow Chem-
ical 147
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Page
Alphabetical List of Witnesses
Arlow,Allan:
Testimony 139
Prepared statement 216
Dawson, Rhett:
Testimony 143
Prepared statement 227
Deutch, JohnM.:
Testimony 19
Prepared statement 171
Hammond,Verle:
Testimony 108
Iacobellis, SamF.:
Testimony 102
Johnson, Roger:
Testimony 23
Prepared statement 177
Kelman, SevenJ.:
Testimony 14
Prepared statement 157
Kinlin, DonaldJ.:
Testimony 80
Marquardt, MerrittR.:
Testimony 147
Prepared statement 232
Mitchell, ParrenJ.:
Testimony 126
Prepared statement 584
Murphy, Robert:
Testimony 57
Prepared statement 179
Odeen, Phillip:
Testimony 105
Prepared statement 198
Pages, Erik:
Testimony 83
Prepared statement 189
Ramsey, ToddS.:
Testimony 141
Prepared statement 223
Reynolds, Nicholas:
Testimony 131
Prepared statement 599
Satagaj, John:
Testimony 129
Prepared statement 201
VanderSchaaf, Derek:
Testimony 76
Prepared statement 184
APPENDIX
Prepared statements ofwitnessesinorderofappearance 157
Questions andAnswers (GSA) 192
Letter dated Dec. 15, 1993 to Senator Glenn—from David O. Nellemann,
Director, Information Resources Management National Security and Inter-
nationalAffairs, GAO 195
Statement of Philip A. Odeen, President and Chief Executive Officer, BDM
International, Inc 198
StatementofJohn Satagaj, President, Small BusinessLegislative Council 201
Letter dated June 21, 1993 to Allan V. Burman, Administrator, Office of
FederalProcurementPolicy, OMB 214
Letter dated Nov. 17, 1993 to Colette Nelson, Chairman, Procurement Com-
mittee, Small Business Legislative Council, fromAllanV. Burman 215
Letter dated Nov. 17, 1993 to Mrs. Eleanor R. Spector, Director, Defense
Procurement, fromAllanV. Burman 216