The Honorable John Young, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and Senior Fellow and Member of the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, testified in March before a subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Mr. Young took part in a hearing on "Tools to Prevent Defense Department Cost Overruns," presided over by the members of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.  His testimony was noted on the Government Executive website, which said Mr. Young advised the administration to empower Pentagon personnel to make fiscally sound purchasing choices. Click here to read the Government Executive article: click here to watch the archived video of Mr. Young's testimony.