Ways And Means Hearing Scheduled

From an announcement of the House Ways and Means Committee:

Congressman John S. Tanner (D-TN), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Social Security, and Delegate Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, announced today that the Subcommittees will hold a joint oversight hearing on the progress made to replace the Social Security Administration’s National Computer Center. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in the main Ways and Means Committee hearing room 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 9:30 a.m. ...

This hearing will continue Congressional oversight of this critical project. It will provide a general update on the status of the project, including an examination of the decisions made thus far, and on the planning and next steps being taken by SSA and GSA. It will also provide an update on the agencies’ plans for avoiding delays in the project’s completion, and contingency plans in the event of catastrophic failure of the existing NCC prior to completion of the new facility. ...

The hearing will focus on the progress to date of SSA [Social Security Administration] and GSA [General Services Administration, the agency that handles construction of new government buildings] in using ARRA [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act] resources to replace the NCC, [National Computer Center] including the development of requirements for the new center, and the site selection process and criteria. The hearing will also evaluate SSA’s and GSA’s management of the potential for unexpected cost and delay. Finally, the hearing will examine SSA’s preparedness in case of catastrophic failure of the existing NCC, including the role of the new data support center in North Carolina.