- Thursday, January 29, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Medicare Fraud Prevention
Witnesses: "Mr. Smith" -
Convicted Medicare Fraud Felon
John
Frazzini - Former Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Investigator
John
Hartwig - Deputy Inspector General, Department of Health
and Human Services Office of Inspector General
Susan
Frisco - Special Agent, Department of Health
and Human Services Office of Inspector General
Cathy
Colton - Department of Health and Human Services Office
of Inspector General
H.
Donna Dymon, Ph.D. - Nurse Consultant
Dewey
Price - Operation Restore Trust, Health Care Financing Administration
[Summary]
- Tuesday, February 10, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Fraud on the Internet: Scams
Affecting Consumers Witnesses:
Susan Grant - National Fraud Information Center
Tatiana
Gau - America On-Line, Inc.
Barry
Wise, CPA - Victim of Fortuna Alliance Internet pyramid
scheme
Robert
Pitofsky - Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
[Summary]
- Thursday, February 12, 1998 - Subcommittee on
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of
Columbia-- Reforming the Adoption and Foster Care System in the District
of Columbia
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable Dave Camp - United States Congressman
Panel
II
Rochelle
Chronister - State of Kansas
Panel
III
Ernestine
Jones - D.C. Children and Family Services
Judith
Meltzer - Center for the Study of Social Policy
Thomas
Wells - Consortium for Child Welfare
Panel
IV
Debora
Caruth - D.C. Foster Care Parent
Ms.
Gordon Henry Gosselink -- D.C. Pre-Adopted Child
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
- Wednesday, February 18, 1998 (Field
Hearing, Portland, Maine) - Permanent Subommittee on Investigations
- Unauthorized Long Distance Switching ("Slamming")--
Part I
Witnesses: Susan Deblois
Pamela
Corrigan
Steve
Klein
Susan
Grant - NCL
Daniel
Breton - Bell Atlantic
Susan
Ness - Federal Communications Commission
[Summary]
- Tuesday, February 24, 1998 - The Regulatory
Improvement Act of 1998
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable George Voinovich - Governor, State of Ohio
The
Honorable Ben Nelson - Governor, State of Nebraska
Panel
II
Dr.
Milton Russell - Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee
Nancy
Donley - President, Safe Tables Our Priority
Sue
Doneth - Member, Safe Tables Our Priority
Dr.
Lester Crawford - Georgetown Center for Food and Nutrition
Policy
Michael
Resnick - National School Boards Association
Panel
III
Dr.
Bruce Alberts - President, National Academy of Sciences
Warren
Belmar, Esquire - Chair, American Bar Association Administrative
Law Committee
Frank
Mirer - Director, Health and Safety, United Auto Workers
Karen
Florini - Environmental Defense Fund
Bob
Litan - Brookings Institute
[Summary]
- Thursday, February 26, 1998 - Subcommittee on
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services -
The Merit System Protection Act
Witnesses: Panel I
Lorraine
Lewis - Office of Personnel Management
David
Cohen - Department of Justice
Panel
II
Robert
Tobias - President, National Treasury Employees Union
Mark
Roth - Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
-
Thursday, March 5, 1998
- Business Meeting
[Agenda]
- Monday, March 9, 1998 - Subcommittee on Oversight
of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
- Progress Report on D.C. Public Schools
Witnesses: Panel I
Gloria
Jarmon - General Accounting Office
David
Cotton - Cotton & Company
Panel
II
Dr.
Joyce Ladner - D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management
Authority
General
Julius Becton - Superintendant, D.C. Public Schools
Panel
III
Taalib-Bin
Uqdah - Parent of DC students
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
-
Tuesday, March 10, 1998
- Business Meeting
[Agenda]
- Thursday, March 12, 1998 - Managerial Flexibility
and Accountability: Reforming the IRS
Witnesses: Panel I
Charles
Rossotti - Internal Revenue Service
Panel
II
G.
Edward DeSeve - Office of Management and Budget
Carol
Okin - Office of Personnel Management
Michael
Brostek - General Accounting Office
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Wednesday, March 18, 1998 - Oversight of the
Implementation of the Vacancies Act
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable Robert Byrd - United States Senator
Panel
II
Joseph
N. Onek - Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General,
Department of Justice
Joan
M. Hollenbach - Associate General Counsel, General Accounting
Office
Panel
III
The
Honorable Strom Thurmond - United States Senator
Panel
IV
Mr.
Morton Rosenberg - Specialist in American Public
Law, Congressional Research Service
Mr.
Paul C. Light - Director, Public Policy Program, The Pew
Charitable Trusts
Mr.
Michael Gerhardt - Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve
University
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Wednesday, March 18, 1998 - Subcommittee on
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services -
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and Nuclear Nonproliferation
Witnesses: Panel I
John
Holum - Acting Under Secretary of State - Director of Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency
Panel
II
Spurgeon
Keeny - President, Arms Control Association
Dr.
Kathleen Bailey - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
- Tuesday, March 24, 1998 - Subcommittee on Oversight
of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
- A Free Market Approach to Federal Contracting: Fair Competition
Act of 1998 and the Comptetition in Commercial Activities of 1998
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable Craig Thomas - United States Senator
The
Honorable John Duncan - United States Congressman
Panel
II
G.
Edward DeSeve - Office of Management and Budget
Skip
Stitt - former Deputy Mayor, City of Indianapolis
Panel
III
Byran
Logan - CEO, Earth Data International
Lawrence
Trammell - Science Applications International Coorporation
Douglas
Stevens, Jr. - Technology Services Group
Dr.
Steve Kelman - Weatherhead Professor of Public Management,
Harvard University
Robert
Tobias - President, The National Employees Union
Bobby
Harnage - President, American Federation of Government
Employees
Michael
Styles - National President, Federal Managers Association
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
- Wednesday March 25, 1998 - The Government Secrecy
Act of 1997
Witnesses: Panel I
Edmund Cohen - Director, Information Management, Central
Intelligence Agency
Bill Leonard - Director, Security Programs, Department of
Defense
Bryan Siebert - Director, Office of Declassification,
Department of Energy
Panel
II
Steven
Garfinkel - Director, Information Security Oversight Office,
National Archives and Records Administration
Jeremy
Gunn - Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Assassination
Records Review Board
Steven
Aftergood - Senior Research Analyst, Federation of
American Scientists
[Summary] [Press Release]
-
Monday March 30, 1998 - Nominations
hearing of Elaine Kaplan to be the Special Counsel in the Office of
Special Counsel and Ruth Y. Goldway to be Commissioner of the Postal
Rate Commission
[Summary] [Press Release]
-
Wednesday, April 22, 1998 - Nominations
of G. Edward DeSeve to be Deputy Director for Management of the Office
of Management and Budget, and Deidre Lee to be Administrator for the
Office of Management & Budget
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Thursday, April 23, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - The Exploding Problem of Telephone Slamming
in America Witnesses: Eljay Bowron
- General Accounting Office
William Kennard - Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
[Summary]
- Tuesday, May 5, 1998 - Subcommittee on Oversight
of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
- D.C. Student Opportunity Act
Witnesses: Wesley Walker-Bey - D.C. Parent
Virginia
Walden - D.C. Parent
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
- Wednesday, May 13, 1998 - Subcommittee
on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services
- S. 1710, the Retirement Coverage Error Correction Act
of 1998
Witnesses: Panel I
William Flynn - Office of Personnel Management
Roger
Mehle - FRTIB
Panel
II
Dallas
Salisbury - President, Employee Benefit Research Institute
Daniel
Geisler - President, American Foreign Service Association
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
- Thursday, May 14, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Safety of Food Imports
Witnesses: Robert Robertson -
General Accounting Office
Reggie Jang - Former Food and Drug Administration Safety
Inspectors
Dr. Mary Ellen Camire - University of Maine
[Summary]
-
Thursday, May 14, 1998
- Business Meeting
[Agenda]
- Monday, May 18, 1998 - Subcommittee on Oversight
of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
- Role of Faith-Based Charities in D.C.
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable Dan Coats - United States Senator
Panel
II
Edward
Eyring, M.D., Ph.D. - President, Gospel Rescue
Hannah
Hawkins - Founder, Children of Mine
Reverend
Jim Till - Executive Director, Strategies to Elevate People
Amy
Johnson - Director, Neighborhood Learning Center
Panel
III
April
Lassiter - President, The Initiative for Children
Joe
Loconte - Deputy Director Policy Review: The Journal
of American Citizenship
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
- Tuesday, May 19, 1998
- Weak Computer Security in Government: Is the Public at Risk
Witnesses: Peter G. Neumann
- Principal Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International
Brian
Oblivion - L0pht Heavy Industries
Kingpin
- L0pht Heavy Industries
Mudge
- L0pht Heavy Industries
Space
Rogue - L0pht Heavy Industries
Stefan
Von Neumann - L0pht Heavy Industries
Tan
- L0pht Heavy Industries
Weld
Pond - L0pht Heavy Industries
[Summary] [Press Release]
-
Wednesday, May 21, 1998
- Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal
Services - Benefits of Commercial Space Launch for Foreign
ICBM Programs
Witnesses: Dr. William Graham -
President, National Security Research, Inc.
John
Pike - Director, Space Policy Project, Federation of American
Scientists
Dr.
William Schneider, Jr. - Hudson Institute[
[Summary]
- Tuesday, June 2, 1998 - Subcommittee on International
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services - S. 2082,
the International Postal Services Act of 1998
Witnesses: William Henderson
- Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service
Einar
Dyhrkopp - Vice Chairman of the Board, U.S. Postal Service
Board of Governors
Christopher
McCormick - Senior Vice President, Advertising and Direct
Marketing, L.L. Bean, Inc.
Fred
Smith - Chairman, Federal Express Corporation
James
Kelly - Chairman and CEO, United Parcel Service
[Summary]
- Wednesday, June 3, 1998
- S. 389, the Mandates Information Act
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable Spencer Abraham - United States Senator
The
Honorable Rob Portman - United States Congressman
The
Honorable Gary Condit - United States Congressman
Panel
II
James
Blum - Deputy Director of the Congressional Budget Office
Panel
III
R.
Bruce Josten - Executive Vice President of Governmental
Affairs U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Mary
Ann Cricchio - National Restaurant Association
Sharon
Buccino - Natural Resources Defense Council
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Thursday, June 4, 1998 - Subcommittee on Oversight
of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
- Commercial Work within the Federal Government
Witnesses: Panel I
J.
Christopher Mihm - Acting Associate Director, Federal Management
and Workforce Issues, GAO
Panel
II
G.
Edward DeSeve - Acting Deputy Director - Office of Management
and Budget
Panel
III
John Berry - Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management
and Budget, Department of the Interior
Scott Gould - CFO and Assistant Secretary for Administration,
Department of Commerce
[Summary] [Report in PDF Format] [Report in Text Format]
-
Wednesday, June 17, 1998
- Business Meeting
[Agenda]
- Thursday, June 18, 1998 - Subcommittee on International
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services - Adequacy
of Commerce Department Satellite Export Controls
Witnesses: William Reinsch -
Undersecretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce
Jan
M. Lodal - Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy,
Department of Defense
John
D. Holum - Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control
and International Security Affairs - State Department
- Monday, June 22, 1998 - Nomination Hearing of
Jacob Lew to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget
[Summary]
- Wednesday, June 24, 1998
- Cyber Attack: Is the Nation at Risk?
Witnesses: The Honorable George J.
Tenet - Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant
General Kenneth A. Minihan - Director, National Security
Agency
[Summary] [Press Release]
-
Thursday, June 25, 1998 - DTSA's
Role in Approving Critical Technology Exports
Witnesses: Dr. Peter Leitner
- Senior Strategic Trade Advisor, Defense Technology Security
Administration
Mr.
Franklin Miller - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Strategy and Threat Reduction
[Summary] [Press Release 1]
[Press Release 2]
- Wednesday, July 8, 1998 - Subcommittee on International
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services - The Adequacy
of Commerce Department Satellite Export Controls - Part II
Witnesses: John D. Holum -
Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs,
Department of State
William Reinsch - Under Secretary for Export Administration,
Department of Commerce
Frank
W. Miller - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary , Department
of Defense
[Summary]
-
Thursday, July 9, 1998 - Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations - Safety of Food Imports
- Part II
Witnesses: Dr. Stphen M. Ostroff
Dr.
Barbara L. Herwaldt - Centers for Disease Control
Dr.
Stephanie Smith - Investigator, Permanent Subcommittee
on Ivestigations
Dr.
Jeffrey A. Foran - Cyclospora Case Patient and
Executive Director of the Risk Science Institute
[Summary]
-
Wednesday, July 15, 1998
- Business Meeting
[Agenda]
- Thursday, July 23, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Cramming: An Emerging Telephone
Billing Fraud
Witnesses: Panel I
Susan
Grant - VP, Public Policy, National Consumers League
Panel
II
Lawrence
Strickling - Deputy Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission
Eileen
Harrington - Associate Director for Marketing Practices,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC
Roy
Neel - President and CEO US Telephone Association
[Summary]
- Monday, July 27, 1998 - Subcommittee on Oversight
of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
- Keeping the Nation's Capital Safe
Witnesses: Panel I
Charles
Ramsey - Chief of Police, District of Columbia
Panel
II
James
Foreman - Coordinator, Orange Hats Patrol
Kirsten
Oldenburg - Editor, Crimemail, Online Crime Newsletter
[Summary]
-
Wednesday, July 29, 1998 - Subcommittee
on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services
- An Industry View of the Satellite Export Licensing Process
Witnesses: C. Michael Armstrong
- Chairman and CEO, AT&T and Chairman of President's Export
Council
Steven
D. Dorfman - Vice Chairman, Hughes Electronics Corporation
[Summary]
-
Thursday, July 30, 1998 - Observations
on the Census Dress Rehearsal and Implications for Census 2000
Witnesses: J. Christopher Mihm -
Associate Director - General Government Division, GAO
Accompanied
by: Victoria Miller - Senior Evaluator
GAO
Bruce Taylor - Senior Evaluator GAO
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Tuesday, September 1, 1998 - Subcommittee on
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services -
Use of Mass Mail to Defraud Consumers
Witnesses: Panel I
Honorable
Ben Nighthorse Campbell - United States Senator
Panel
II
Ken
Hunter - Chief Inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Honorable
Robert Butterworth - Attorney General, State of Florida
Panel
III
Richard
Barton - Senior Vice President, Director Marketing Associates
William
Arnold, Ph.D. - Director, Gerontology, Arizona State University
[Summary]
-
Thursday, September 3, 1998 -
Nominations of Patricia Broderick, Neal Kravitz, and Natalia Combs
Greene to be Associate Judges of the DC Superior Court (Chaired by
Senator Brownback)
[Summary]
- Wednesday, September 9, 1998 - The Inspector
General Act of 1978: Twenty Years Later
Witnesses: Panel I
June
Gibbs Brown - HHS Inspector General
Susan
Gaffney - HUD Inspector General
Panel
II
Edward
DeSeve - Acting Deputy Director, Management of OMB
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Thursday, September 10, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Safety of Food Imports - Part III
Witnesses: Panel I
Lawrence
Dyckman - Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, General
Accounting Office
Richard
Hoglund - Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Investigations,
US Customs
Panel
II
"Mr.
Broker" - Confidential Informant/Former Customs Broker
[Summary]
- Wednesday, September 16, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - National Cancer Institute's Management
of Radiation Studies
Witnesses: The Honorable Tom Harkin -
United States Senator
Dr.
Owen Hoffman - President, Senes Oak Ridge, Inc.
Dr.
Barry Johnson - Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, HHS
Dr.
Bruce Wachholz - Chief, Radiation Effects Branch, national
Cancer Institute
Dr.
William F. Raub - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science
Policy, HHS
Dr.
Richard Klausner - Director National Cancer Institute
[Summary]
- Wednesday, September 16, 1998 - Subcommittee
on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services
- GAO Report on High Performance Computers
Witnesses: Panel I
Harold
Johnson - Associate Director, International and Trade Issues,
GAO
Panel
II
William
Reinsch - Under Secretary for Export Administration, Department
of Commerce
[Summary]
-
Thursday, September 17, 1998 -
Nominations of Kenneth Prewitt to be Director of the Census and Robert
M. Walker to be the Deputy Director of FEMA.
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Wednesday, September 23, 1998 - Information
Security - Part III
Witnesses: Panel I
James
Huse - Acting Inspector General of SSA
SA
Ed Ryan - SAIC of NYFO, SSAIG
Panel
II
Gene
Dodaro - GAO
Robert
F. Dacey - GAO
Keith
Rhodes - GAO
(All
with the Accounting and Information Management Division)
Panel
III
Harold
Gracey - Acting Assistant Secretary for Information and
Technology, VA
John
Dyer - Principal Deputy Commissioner, SSA
[Summary] [Press Release]
- Thursday, September 24, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Safety of Food Imports - Part IV
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable Paul Coverdell - United States Senator
The
Honorable Tom Harkin - United States Senator
The
Honorable Edward Kennedy - United States Senator
The
Honorable Barbara Mikulski - United States Senator
Panel
II
Raymond
Kelly - Commissioner, US Customs Service, Treasury
Thomas
Billy - Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection - HHS
William
Schultz - Deputy Commissioner for Policy, FDA, HHS
Dr.
Sanford Miller - NAS
[Summary]
-
Thursday, September 24, 1998 -
Business Meeting
[Agenda]
- Friday, September 25, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Safety of Food Imports - Part V
Witnesses: Panel I
Timothy
Hammonds - President and CEO of Food Marketing Institute
Dr.
Stacey Zawel - Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs,
Grocery Manufacturers of America
Dane
Bernard - VP of Food Safety Programs, National Food Processors
Association
Dr.
Nancy Nagle - Sr. Advisor for Food Safety, United Fresh
Fuit and Vegetable Association
Panel
II
Dr.
Richard Levison - Associate Executive Director for Programs
and Policy, American Public Health Association
Dr.
Ruth Kava - Director of Nutrition, American Council on
Science and Health
Carol
Tucker Foreman - Safe Food Coalition
Rober
Hahn - Director, Legal Affairs and Research, Public Voice
for Food and Health Policy
[Summary]
- Thursday, October 1, 1998 - Subcommittee on
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services -
Annual Postal Oversight
Hearing
Witnesses: William J. Henderson, Postmaster
General, USPS
[Summary]
-
Friday, October 2, 1998 - Nominations
of John Sepulveda to be the Deputy Director of OPM and Joseph Swerdzewski
to General Counsel at the FLRA (Chaired by Senator Cochran)
[Summary]
-
Tuesday,
October 6, 1998 - Nomination Of Sylvia
Mathews to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(Chaired by Senator Cochran)
[Summary]
- Tuesday, October 6, 1998 -
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and
the District of Columbia - Agency Management of the Implementation
of the Coal Act
Witnesses: Panel I
The
Honorable Thad Cochran - United States Senator
The
Honorable John D. Rockefeller, IV - United States Senator
The
Honorable Kent Conrad - United States Senator
Panel II
Kathy
Karpan - Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, Department of the Interior
Bill
Fant - Special Assistant, Office of Tax Policy,
Department of the Treasury
Marilyn
O'Connell - Associate Commissioner, Office of Program
Benefits Policy, SSA
[Summary]
-
Wednesday, October 7, 1998 - Nominations of Dana Covington and Ed Gleiman to be Commissioners,
Postal Rate Commission (Chaired by Senator Cochran) and Nomination
of David M. Walker to be Comptroller General (Chaired by Senator Thompson)
[Summary]
-
Wednesday, October 7, 1998 - Subcommittee
on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District
of Columbia-- Are Military Adultery Standards Changing:
What are the Implications?
Witnesses: Elaine Donnelly -
President, Center for Military Readiness, Former member of the Defense
Advisory Committee
on Women in the services (DACOWITS) and the Presidential
Commission on Women in the Armed Forces
Dr.
Daniel R. Heimbach - former Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Manpower
Lietenant
Colonel Robert L. Maginnis, USA Ret. - Director, Military
Readiness Project, Family Research Council
[Summary]
-
Friday, October 9, 1998 - Business
Meeting
[Agenda]
- Wednesday, December
9, 1998 (Field Hearing, Chicago, Illinois) - Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Medicare Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Efforts
Witnesses: Ms. Dorothy Collins - Regional
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department
of Health and
Human Services, Chicago, Illinois
Mr.
James A. Kopf - Director, Criminal Investigations Division, Office of
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Chicago, Illinois
Mr.
John Grayson - Volunteer, Suburban Area Agency on Aging, Chicago, Illinois
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