M E D I A A D V I S O R Y
THOMPSON/LIEBERMAN ANNOUNCE HEARING ON
GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN 21ST CENTURY
Washington, DC – Senate Governmental Affairs
Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Ranking Member
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) announced today that the full committee
will hold a hearing about structuring government to meet the
challenges of the millennium. Comptroller General David Walker
will testify about the major management challenges facing the
federal government in the 21st century.
Wednesday, March 29, 2000
10:30am
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Chairman Thompson and Senator Lieberman, who
continue to be active proponents of improving government
management and efficiency, will introduce legislation this week
to establish a commission to take a fundamental look at the
size, structure, and organization of the federal government and
make recommendations for reform. The bill is the Government
in the 21 st Century Act, S. 2306.
At the hearing, Chairman Thompson will also
release a GAO report that he requested which will provide
greater detail about the problems associated with fragmentation
and overlap in the federal government and will propose solutions
to those issues.
Mr. Walker will offer his opinion about the
report and the Thompson/Lieberman commission bill. In his
testimony, he will discuss major trends that are likely to
affect the well-being and security of the United States in the
21st century and how to achieve the effective and efficient
federal government necessary to confront those trends. He will
discuss the forces shaping the U.S. and its place in the world,
particularly globalization, security, demographics, quality of
life, technological innovation, and government performance and
accountability.
The hearing will be broadcast live via the Internet at
http://gov_affairs.senate.gov