Date Time (EST) Hearing   [Current] [110] [109] [108] [107] [106] [105] [104] [103] [102] [101] [100] [99] [98] [97] [96] [95] [94] [93] [92] [91] [90] [89] 12/11/08 10:00 AM World at Risk: A Report from the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism 11/17/08 2:30 PM Nominations 11/17/08 10:00 AM Nomination 9/25/08 2:30 PM Addressing Cost Growth of Major DOD Weapons Systems 9/25/08 9:30 AM Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Hard Lessons Learned From Troubled Investments 9/24/08 2:30 PM Mission Possible: FEMA’s Future Preparedness Planning 9/24/08 10:00 AM Assessing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs in the Wake of the 2008 Midwest Floods, Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Ike 9/24/08 10:00 AM Domestic Partner Benefits for Federal Employees: Fair Policy and Good Business 9/23/08 4:45 PM Business Meeting 9/23/08 2:30 PM A Reliance on Smart Power - Reforming the Public Diplomacy Bureaucracy 9/23/08 10:30 AM Reducing the Undercount in the 2010 Census 9/23/08 10:00 AM After Action: A Review of the Combined Federal, State, and Local Activities to Respond and Recover from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike 9/18/08 2:00 PM Keeping the Nation Safe through the Presidential Transition 9/11/08 2:30 PM Nominations 9/11/08 9:00 AM Dividend Tax Abuse: How Offshore Entities Dodge Taxes On U.S. Stock Dividends 9/10/08 2:30 PM Managing the Challenges of the Federal Government Transition 9/10/08 10:00 AM Expediency Versus Integrity: Do Assembly-Line Audits at the Defense Contract Audit Agency Waste Taxpayer Dollars? 9/09/08 3:15 PM Nomination 7/31/08 2:00 PM A Reliance on Smart Power - Reforming the Foreign Assistance Bureuacracy 7/31/08 1:00 PM Joint Hearing (Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery & House Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response) - Lessons Learned: Ensuring the Delivery of Donated Goods to Survivors of Catastrophes 7/31/08 9:30 AM Offline and Off-budget: The Dismal State of Information Technology Planning in the Federal Government 7/30/08 12:00 PM Planning for Post-Catastrophe Housing Needs: Has FEMA Developed an Effective Strategy for Housing Large Numbers of Citizens Displaced by Disaster? 7/30/08 10:15 AM Business Meeting 7/29/08 9:00 AM Payroll Tax Abuse: Businesses Owe Billions and What Needs To Be Done About It 7/25/08 12:00 PM Nomination 7/25/08 9:30 AM Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance 7/24/08 2:30 PM Improving Federal Program Management using Performance Information 7/23/08 2:30 PM Nomination 7/23/08 10:00 AM Information Sharing: Connecting the Dots at the Federal, State, and Local Levels 7/22/08 2:00 PM Improving Performance: A Review of Pay-for-Performance Systems in the Federal Government 7/22/08 9:30 AM Energy Security: An American Imperative 7/17/08 2:30 PM Major Disaster Recovery: Assessing FEMA's Performance Since Katrina 7/17/08 9:30 AM Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance 7/16/08 2:00 PM A Domestic Crisis with Global Implications: Reviewing the Human Capital Crisis at the State Department 7/16/08 10:00 AM The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: Are We Building Domestic Defenses That Will Make the Nation Safer? 7/15/08 10:00 AM Nomination 7/10/08 9:30 AM The Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism and Efforts to Counter It 7/09/08 10:00 AM Medicare Vulnerabilities: Payments for Claims Tied to Deceased Doctors 7/02/08 10:00 AM Securing the Northern Border: Views from the Front Lines 6/26/08 2:30 PM In the Red: Addressing the Nation's Financial Challenges 6/26/08 10:00 AM Nuclear Terrorism: Providing Medical Care and Meeting Basic Needs in the Aftermath – the Federal Response 6/25/08 10:00 AM Business Meeting 6/24/08 10:30 AM Ending Excessive Speculation in Commodity Markets: Legislative Options 6/20/08 10:00 AM Nomination 6/19/08 2:00 PM Management Challenges Facing the Federal Protective Service: What is at Risk? 6/18/08 10:00 AM Protecting Personal Information: Is the Federal Government Doing Enough? 6/12/08 2:30 PM Addressing the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Relationship 6/06/08 2:00 PM National Security Bureaucracy for Arms Control, Counterproliferation, and Nonproliferation Part II: The Role of the Department of State 6/05/08 10:30 AM It Takes a Village: Community Preparedness 5/29/08 1:00 PM Non-Foreign COLA: Finding an Equitable Solution 5/22/08 2:30 PM Security Clearance Reform: The Way Forward 5/22/08 11:30 AM Business Meeting 5/20/08 10:30 AM Financial Speculation in Commodity Markets: Are Institutional Investors and Hedge Funds Contributing to Food and Energy Price Inflation? 5/15/08 2:00 PM National Security Bureaucracy for Arms Control, Counterproliferation, and Nonproliferation Part I: The Role of the Department of State 5/15/08 10:00 AM Nuclear Terrorism: Providing Medical Care and Meeting Basic Needs in the Aftermath 5/14/08 3:00 PM National Archives Oversight: Protecting Our Nation’s History for Future Generations 5/14/08 10:00 AM Nomination 5/08/08 4:00 PM Business Meeting 5/08/08 10:00 AM From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees 5/07/08 10:00 AM Fuel Subsidies: Is There an Impact on Food Supply and Prices? 4/29/08 9:30 AM The Impact of Implementation: A Review of the REAL ID Act and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative 4/24/08 2:00 PM Beyond Control: Reforming Export Licensing Agencies for National Security and Economic Interests 4/24/08 9:30 AM Addressing Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions 4/23/08 2:30 PM Nomination 4/17/08 2:00 PM Focus on Fusion Centers: A Progress Report 4/15/08 3:15 PM Census in Peril: Getting the 2010 Decennial Back on Track, Part II 4/15/08 10:00 AM Nuclear Terrorism: Confronting the Challenges of the Day After 4/10/08 2:00 PM Nominations 4/10/08 10:00 AM Business Meeting 4/03/08 2:00 PM Managing Diversity of Senior Leadership in the Federal Workforce and the Postal Service 4/03/08 10:00 AM The New FEMA: Is the Agency Better Prepared for a Catastrophe Now Than It Was in 2005? 4/02/08 11:00 AM Nuclear Terrorism: Assessing the Threat to the Homeland 3/14/08 10:00 AM On the Path to Great Educational Results for the District's Public Schools? 3/12/08 2:30 PM Agencies in Peril: Are We Doing Enough to Protect Federal IT and Secure Sensitive Information? 3/05/08 2:30 PM The State of the U.S. Postal Service One Year After Reform 3/05/08 9:30 AM Census in Peril: Getting the 2010 Decennial Back on Track 3/04/08 2:30 PM NSPD-54/HSPD-23 and the Comprehensive National Cyber Security Initiative 3/04/08 10:00 AM Is Housing Too Much To Hope For?: FEMA's Disaster Housing Strategy 2/29/08 10:00 AM Government-wide Intelligence Community Management Reforms 2/27/08 10:00 AM An Uneasy Relationship: U.S. Reliance on Private Security Firms in Overseas Operations 2/14/08 1:30 PM The Homeland Security Department’s Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2009 2/14/08 9:45 AM Building and Strengthening the Federal Acquisition Workforce 2/13/08 10:00 AM The Defense Department’s Homeland Security Role: How the Military Can and Should Contribute 1/31/08 2:30 PM Eliminating Agency Payment Errors 1/24/08 2:30 PM Management and Oversight of Contingency Contracting in Hostile Zones 1/24/08 10:00 AM United Nations Development Program: A Case Study Of North Korea 12/19/07 9:30 AM CANCELLED Business Meeting 12/18/07 3:30 PM Nomination 12/13/07 2:00 PM POSTPONED -- RESCHEDULED 1-24-08 United Nations Development Program Operations in North Korea 12/13/07 10:00 AM Prioritizing Management: Implementing Chief Management Officers at Federal Agencies 12/12/07 10:00 AM Nominations 12/11/07 10:00 AM E-Government 2.0: Improving Innovation, Collaboration, and Access 12/11/07 10:00 AM Speculation In the Crude Oil Market 12/04/07 2:30 PM The New Madrid Seismic Zone: Whose Fault Is It Anyway? 12/04/07 9:30 AM Credit Card Practices: Unfair Interest Rate Increases 12/03/07 2:00 PM Host Communities: Analyzing the Role and Needs of Communities that Take in Disaster Evacuees in the Wake of Major Disasters and Catastrophes 11/15/07 2:30 PM * * POSTPONED - RESCHEDULED 12-11-07 * * Speculation In The Crude Oil Market 11/15/07 10:00 AM Not a Matter of "If", But of "When": The Status of U.S. Response Following an RDD Attack 11/14/07 3:30 PM Medicaid Providers That Cheat on Their Taxes and What Can Be Done About It 11/14/07 10:00 AM Business Meeting 11/13/07 10:00 AM Human Capital Needs of the U.S. Customs and Borders Protection 11/09/07 9:00 AM Nominations 11/01/07 2:00 PM Small Business Administration: Is the 7(a) Program Acheiving Measurable Outcomes 10/31/07 2:30 PM Post-Catastrophe Crisis: Addressing the Dramatic Need and Scant Availability of Mental Health Care in the Gulf Coast 10/30/07 9:30 AM The Role of Local Law Enforcement in Countering Violent Islamist Extremism 10/25/07 2:30 PM Single Audits: Are They Helping to Safeguard Federal Funds 10/24/07 10:00 AM Watching the Watch List: Building an Effective Terrorist Screening System 10/23/07 10:00 AM Six Years After Anthrax: Are We Better Prepared to Respond to Bioterrorism? 10/18/07 3:00 PM Nomination 10/18/07 10:00 AM The Perils of Politics in Government: A Review of the Scope and Enforcement of the Hatch Act 10/17/07 10:30 AM Is DHS Too Dependent on Contractors to Do the Government’s Work? 10/16/07 3:15 PM Improving Financial and Business Management at the Department of Defense (DOD) 10/16/07 10:00 AM One Year Later: A Progress Report on the SAFE Port Act 10/11/07 9:00 AM The State and Federal Response to Storm Damage and Erosion in Alaska’s Coastal Villages 10/04/07 2:30 PM Forestalling the Coming Pandemic: Infectious Disease Surveillance Overseas 10/03/07 2:30 PM Pandemic Influenza: State and Local Efforts to Prepare 10/02/07 10:00 AM Preparing the National Capital Region for a Pandemic 9/28/07 10:00 AM The Role of Federal Executive Boards in Pandemic Preparedness 9/27/07 3:30 PM Cost Effective Airlift in the 21st Century 9/26/07 10:00 AM Business Meeting 9/20/07 2:30 PM High Risk IT: Is Poor Management Leading to Billions in Waste? 9/12/07 10:00 AM Nomination 9/10/07 9:30 AM Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years After 9/11 9/06/07 1:30 PM A DHS Status Report: Assessing Challenges and Measuring Progress 8/02/07 10:00 AM Service Standards at the Postal Service: Are Customers Getting What They Paid For?” 8/01/07 2:30 PM Building a Stronger American Diplomatic Presence 8/01/07 10:00 AM Business Meeting 7/31/07 10:00 AM ***POSTPONED*** A DHS Status Report: Measuring Progress and Confronting New Threats 7/25/07 3:00 PM Views from the Postal Workforce on Implementing Postal Reform 7/25/07 10:00 AM Nomination 7/24/07 10:00 AM Nomination 7/19/07 2:30 PM Great Expectations: Assessments, Assurances, and Accountability in the Mayor’s Proposal to Reform the District of Columbia’s Public School System 7/19/07 10:30 AM The Military’s Role in Disaster Response: Progress Since Hurricane Katrina 7/17/07 2:30 PM Preparations for 2010: Is the Census Bureau Ready for the Job Ahead? 7/17/07 10:00 AM Federal Acquisition: Ways to Strengthen Competition and Accountability 7/12/07 2:00 PM Private Sector Preparedness, Part II: Protecting Our Critical Infrastructure 7/12/07 9:00 AM Dirty Bomb Vulnerabilities: Fake Companies, Fake Licenses, Real Consequences 7/11/07 10:00 AM Strengthening the Unique Role of the Nation’s Inspectors General 7/10/07 2:30 PM From Warehouse to Warfighter: an Update on Supply Chain Management at DoD 7/10/07 10:00 AM FEMA's Project Worksheets: Addressing a Prominent Obstacle to Gulf Coast Rebuilding 7/09/07 2:30 PM Excessive Speculation In The Natural Gas Market (Day Two) 6/28/07 3:00 PM Financial Management Systems Modernization at the Department of Homeland Security: Are Missed Opportunities Costing Us Money? 6/27/07 11:30 AM Violent Islamist Extremism: The European Experience 6/25/07 11:00 AM Excessive Speculation In The Natural Gas Market (Day One) 6/21/07 2:00 PM Private Sector Preparedness Part I- Defining the Problem and Proposing Solutions 6/19/07 9:30 AM The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Federal Government: A Model Public-Private Partnership Accelerating Research Toward a Cure 6/13/07 10:00 AM Business Meeting 6/12/07 2:30 PM Assessing Telework Policies and Initiatives in the Federal Government 6/07/07 2:30 PM DHS's Acquisition Organization: Who is Really in Charge? 6/05/07 9:00 AM Executive Stock Options: Should the IRS and Stockholders Be Given Different Information? 5/24/07 3:00 PM The Road Home? An Examination of the Goals, Costs, Management and Impediments Facing Louisiana’s Road Home Program 5/24/07 10:00 AM Federal Real Property: Real Waste in Need of Real Reform 5/22/07 3:00 PM Implementing FEMA Reform: Are We Prepared for the 2007 Hurricane Season? 5/22/07 10:00 AM GAO Personnel Reform: Does It Meet Expectations? 5/21/07 5:30 PM Business Meeting 5/18/07 10:30 AM Up, Up, and Away! Growth Trends in Health Care Premiums for Active and Retired Federal Employees 5/17/07 9:30 AM Evaluating the Progress and Identifying Obstacles in Improving the Federal Government's Security Clearance Process 5/15/07 10:00 AM Equal Representation in Congress: Providing Voting Rights to the District of Columbia 5/10/07 2:30 PM Violent Islamist Extremism: Government Efforts to Defeat It 5/10/07 9:00 AM Managing the Department of Homeland Security: A Status Report on Reform Efforts by the Under Secretary for Management 5/03/07 10:00 AM The Internet: A Portal to Violent Islamist Extremism 5/01/07 9:30 AM Nomination 4/30/07 2:30 PM The Federal Government's Role in Empowering Americans to Make Informed Financial Decisions 4/24/07 2:30 PM Transit Benefits: How Some Federal Employees Are Taking Uncle Sam For A Ride 4/24/07 9:30 AM Beyond Trailers, Part I: Creating a More Flexible, Efficient, and Cost-Effective Federal Disaster Housing Program 4/23/07 2:30 PM Security on America's College Campuses 4/19/07 2:00 PM The Road Ahead: Implementing Postal Reform 4/19/07 9:00 AM Dangerous Exposure: The Impact of Global Warming on Private and Federal Insurance 4/18/07 11:00 AM Business Meeting 4/12/07 2:00 PM GAO’s Analysis of the Gulf Coast Recovery: A Dialogue on Removing Obstacles to the Recovery Effort 3/29/07 10:00 AM Eliminating and Recovering Improper Payments 3/26/07 2:30 PM Understanding the Realities of REAL ID: A Review of Efforts to Secure Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards 3/22/07 2:30 PM Safeguarding the Merit System Principles: A Review of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel 3/22/07 10:00 AM Deconstructing Reconstruction: Problems, Challenges, and the Way Forward in Iraq and Afghanistan 3/21/07 9:30 AM GAO’s Role in Supporting Congressional Oversight: An Overview of Past Work and Future Challenges and Opportunities 3/20/07 2:30 PM Medicare Doctors Who Cheat On Their Taxes And What Should Be Done About It 3/15/07 10:00 AM Nomination 3/14/07 9:30 AM The Threat of Islamic Radicalism to the Homeland 3/13/07 2:30 PM A Review of U.S. International Efforts to Secure Radiological Materials 3/07/07 10:00 AM Credit Card Practices: Fees, Interest Rates, and Grace Periods 3/05/07 2:30 PM A Review of the Transportation Security Administration Personnel 3/01/07 3:00 PM Improving Federal Financial Management: Progress Made and the Challenges Ahead 2/15/07 9:00 AM Business Meeting 2/13/07 10:00 AM The Homeland Security Department’s Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2008 2/01/07 2:30 PM Private Health Records: Privacy Implications of the Federal Government's Health Information Technology Initiative 1/29/07 9:00 AM Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Outstanding Need, Slow Progress 1/25/07 2:30 PM Lost in Translation: A Review of the Federal Government's Efforts to Develop a Foreign Language Strategy 1/24/07 10:00 AM Business Meeting 1/09/07 9:30 AM Ensuring Full Implementation of the 9/11 Commission’s Recommendations
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