Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at K-Town: How Mismanagement Has Derailed DOD’s Largest Single Facility Construction Project

On Thursday, June 28, the Committee held a hearing entitled “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at K-Town: How Mismanagement Has Derailed DOD’s Largest Single Facility Construction Project.” The hearing reviewed the preliminary findings of a Government Accountability Office investigation into the construction of the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, a hotel and retail facility being built on the grounds of the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. This project, which is currently the Department of Defense’s largest single facility construction project in the world, has been plagued by schedule delays, cost overruns, and allegations of fraud. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.

The following witnesses testified:

• Mr. Gregory D. Kutz,
  Managing Director,
  Forensic Audits and Special Investigations,
  Government Accountability Office
• Mr. Terrell G. Dorn,
  Director,
  Physical Infrastructure,
  Government Accountability Office
• Mr. Bruce A. Causseaux,
  Senior Level Contract and Procurement Fraud Specialist, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations,
  Government Accountability Office


• Brigadier Gen. Danny K. Gardner,
  Director of Installations and Mission Support,
  United States Air Forces in Europe