The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, “Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities in Iraq” on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
The hearing examined electrical problems leading to the injuries and deaths of military personnel and the Department of Defense’s management and oversight of contractors. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.
The following witnesses testified:
- U.S. Senator Bob Casey, (D-PA)
- Gordon S. Heddell, Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense
- Don Horstman, Deputy Inspector General for Policy and Oversight, U.S. Department of Defense
- Charlie E. Williams, Jr., Director, Defense Contract Management Agency
- Keith Ernst, Former Director, Defense Contract Management Agency
- Jeffrey P. Parsons, Executive Director, Army Contracting Command, U.S. Army
- Tom Bruni, Theater Engineering and Construction Manager, KBR, Inc.
Documents and Links
- Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement (158 KB)
- Majority Staff Analysis: New Information about the Electrocution of Staff Sergeant Ryan Maseth (137 KB)
- Testimony of Senator Bob Casey (29 KB)
- Testimony of Charles Williams (28 KB)
- Testimony of Keith Ernst (23 KB)
- Testimony of Jeffrey Parsons (146 KB)
- Testimony of Gordon Heddell (55 KB)
- Testimony of Thomas Bruni (216 KB)
- July 8, 2007 Work Orders for Electrified Shower (296 KB)
- KBR Work Order Spreadsheet (202 KB)
- Statement of Justin Hummer (80 KB)
- KBR Memo to Commander Regarding RPC (92 KB)
- Memo to DCMA Head Regarding KBR Responsibility to Make Repairs (1 MB)
- KBR Technical Inspection of Staff Sargeant Maseth's Building (325 KB)
- Letter of Technical Direction Regarding Power Generators at Al Taqqadim (262 KB)
- Army Memo, January 26, 2008 (903 KB)
- DCMA Extension of Task Order for RPC (262 KB)
- DCMA Management E-Mail Chain, February 25, 2007 (657 KB)
- DCMA Memo for Commander, March 6, 2008 (713 KB)
- DCMA Slides Regarding KBR's Full Electrical Inspection, March 17, 2008 (2 MB)
- Fire Inspection of Staff Sargeant Maseth's Building, November 19, 2007 (173 KB)
- January 23, 2008 Work Order (324 KB)
- KBR Technical Inspection, January 7, 2008 (533 KB)
- Memo for KBR Regarding Operation and Maintenece for Radwaniyah Palace (1 MB)
- Narrative of Incident Involving Corporal Nolasco (565 KB)
- Memo for DCMA Regarding KBR (2 MB)
- Request for KBR's Feburary 2007 Inspection by Sgt. Danial Wilson (52 KB)
- Photo of Al Asad Chow Hall Burning (331 KB)
- KBR Investigation of Al Asad (4 MB)
- Preliminary Hearing Transcript (4 MB)