The ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins, R-Maine, called on the nominee for GSA administrator, Martha Johnson, to address what Collins called the "crisis facing the over-extended and under-appreciated acquisition workforce."
Collins lamented that the contract spending continues to increase while the contracting workforce shrinks, saying those factors have put great strain on the acquisition workforce and led to acquisition failures.
Johnson previously served as GSA chief of staff, from 1996 to 2001.
Lieberman commended Johnson’s "deep firsthand knowledge of GSA" and said the nominee of the 13,000-employee agency "brings a wealth of experience from her time in the private, non-profit and government sectors."
During the hearing, Johnson said she would work to maintain a good relationship with the agency’s inspector general, which was a source of controversy under the tenure of Lurita Doan, who was forced to resign by the Bush administration.
