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                     THE AIR FORCE'S EXPEDITIONARY

                     COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM (ECSS):

               A Cautionary Tale on the Need for Business

                  Process Reengineering and Complying

                    with Acquisition Best Practices

                               __________

                              STAFF REPORT

                            prepared by the

                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

                                 of the

                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                        AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                    ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS


                             SECOND SESSION

                               __________

                              JULY 7, 2014

                               __________

         Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov

                       Printed for the use of the
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs




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        COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                  THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware Chairman
CARL LEVIN, Michigan                 TOM COBURN, Oklahoma
MARK L. PRYOR, Arkansas              JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin
CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri           ROB PORTMAN, Ohio
JON TESTER, Montana                  RAND PAUL, Kentucky
MARK BEGICH, Alaska                  MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming
TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin             KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire
HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota

                   Richard J. Kessler, Staff Director
               Keith B. Ashdown, Minority Staff Director
                     Laura W. Kilbride, Chief Clerk
                   Lauren M. Corcoran, Hearing Clerk


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

                     CARL LEVIN, Michigan Chairman
MARK L. PRYOR, Arkansas              JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin
CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri           ROB PORTMAN, Ohio
JON TESTER, Montana                  RAND PAUL, Kentucky
TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin             KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire
HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota

            Elise J. Bean, Staff Director and Chief Counsel

   Henry J. Kerner, Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Minority
        Bradley M. Patout, Senior Policy Advisor to the Minority
          Lauren M. Davis, Research Assistant to the Minority
                 Andrew Dean, Law Clerk to the Minority

                     Mary D. Robertson, Chief Clerk
               Adam Henderson, Professional Staff Member





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