Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 8:00 am – 2212 Rayburn – Open

The Defense Acquisition Reform Panel will meet to receive testimony on challenges to effective acquisition and management of information technology systems.

Witnesses:

Mr. Tim Harp

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Command, Control, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Information

Technology Acquisition

Dr. Paul Nielsen

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Software Engineering Institute

Dr. Ron Kerber

Co-Chair

Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of Defense Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Information Technology

Thursday, July 9, 2009 – 9:30am – 2118 – Open

The Joint Readiness, Air and Land Forces, and Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittees will meet to receive testimony on the status of Army and Marine Corps reset requirements.

Witnesses:

General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA

Vice Chief of Staff

U.S. Army

General James F. Amos, USMC

Assistant Commandant

U.S. Marine Corps

Major General Willie Williams, USMC

Commanding General

Marine Corps Logistics Command

Brigadier General Michael Brogan, USMC

Commander

Marine Corps Systems Command