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] 1/08/09 2:00 PM Lessons from the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks 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 12/07/06 2:00 PM CANCELLED Business Meeting 12/06/06 3:00 PM Nomination 12/06/06 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: Stopping the Flood of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse 12/05/06 10:30 AM An Assessment of Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 11/16/06 2:45 PM Business Meeting 11/16/06 10:00 AM The Defense Travel System: Boon Or Boondoggle (Part 2) 11/14/06 2:30 PM Failure to Identify Company Owners Impedes Law Enforcement 11/14/06 10:00 AM Nominations 11/13/06 2:30 PM Nomination 9/28/06 10:00 AM Securing the National Capital Region: An Examination of the NCR's Strategic Plan 9/27/06 10:00 AM The Potential of an Artificial Pancreas: Improving Care for Poeple with Diabetes 9/26/06 2:30 PM Deconstructing the Tax Code: Uncollected Taxes and Issues of Transparency 9/26/06 10:45 AM Executives: Leading the Way in Federal Workforce Reforms 9/20/06 2:30 PM Critical Mission: Assessing Spiral 1.1 of the National Security Personnel System 9/20/06 9:30 AM ** POSTPONED **US International Broadcasts into Iran: Can We Do Better? 9/19/06 10:00 AM Prison Radicalization: Are Terrorist Cells Forming in U.S. Cell Blocks? 9/14/06 2:30 PM Conference Spending Part 2 9/13/06 2:30 PM Nominations 9/12/06 9:30 AM Homeland Security: The Next Five Years 9/07/06 9:30 AM IT Projects at Risk: Is it too late to save $12 Billion? 8/03/06 2:30 PM Financial Management at the Department of Defense 8/02/06 10:00 AM Iraq Reconstruction: Lessons Learned in Contracting 8/01/06 9:00 AM Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers, The Tools & Secrecy 7/28/06 9:30 AM Cyber Security: Recovery and Reconstitution of Critical Networks 7/27/06 2:30 PM Responsible Resource Management at the Nation’s Health Access Agency 7/27/06 10:00 AM Business Meeting 7/26/06 3:30 PM STOP!: A Progress Report on Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Here and Abroad 7/25/06 11:45 AM Business Meeting 7/25/06 10:00 AM Supporting the Warfighter: Assessing the DoD Supply Chain Management Plan 7/20/06 1:30 PM Iran's Nuclear Impasse: Next Steps 7/19/06 10:00 AM DHS Purchase Cards: Credit Without Accountability 7/18/06 2:30 PM What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: S. 2590, the “Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 7/18/06 10:00 AM Examining the Challenges the District will Face Today, Tomorrow, and in the Future 7/13/06 2:30 PM Nomination 7/11/06 2:30 PM **POSTPONED**Cyber Security: Recovery and Reconstitution of Critical Networks 7/11/06 10:00 AM Nominations 6/29/06 2:30 PM Community Development Block Grants: the Case for Reform 6/29/06 9:30 AM Enhancing Employee Performance: A Hearing on Pending Legislation 6/28/06 10:00 AM Nominations 6/27/06 10:00 AM The Right People? Oversight of the Office of Personnel Management 6/22/06 2:30 PM Lessons Learned? Assuring Healthy Initiatives in Health Information Technology 6/20/06 2:30 PM U.N. Headquarters Renovation: No Accountability Without Transparency 6/20/06 10:00 AM Nomination 6/14/06 10:00 AM Business Meeting (Resumes on 6/15) 6/13/06 2:30 PM Autopilot Budgeting: Will Congress Ever Respond to Government Performance Data? 6/08/06 10:00 AM National Emergency Management: Where Does FEMA Belong? 6/06/06 2:30 PM Census 2010, Off-line and Off-budget: The High Cost of Low-tech Counting 5/25/06 4:00 PM Business Meeting 5/25/06 2:30 PM Congress’ Role in Federal Financial Management: Is it Efficient, Accountable, and Transparent in the Way it Appropriates Funds? 5/25/06 10:00 AM VA Data Privacy Breach: Twenty-Six Million People Deserve Answers 5/24/06 9:30 AM Nomination 5/22/06 5:30 PM **RESCHEDULED**Business Meeting 5/22/06 2:00 PM Nomination 5/18/06 2:30 PM Unobligated Balances: Freeing up Funds, Setting Priorities and Untying Agency Hands 5/18/06 10:00 AM Nomination 5/17/06 2:30 PM Progress or More Problems: Assessing the Federal Government’s Security Clearance Process 5/17/06 10:15 AM Nomination 5/08/06 3:30 PM Nomination 5/02/06 10:00 AM Business Meeting 4/26/06 2:30 PM Ensuring Early Diagnosis and Access to Treatment for HIV/AIDS: Can Federal Resources Be More Effectively Targeted? 4/25/06 2:30 PM North Korea: Illicit Activity Funding the Regime 4/21/06 10:30 AM FEMA’s Manufactured Housing Program: Haste Makes Waste 4/20/06 10:30 AM Rhode Island Homeland Security Priorities: Preparation for the 2006 Hurricane Season 4/12/06 1:30 PM Preparing for Transition: Implementation of the National Security Personnel System 4/10/06 11:30 AM Katrina and Contracting: Blue Roof, Debris Removal, Travel Trailer Case Studies 4/06/06 2:30 PM The Effectiveness of the Small Business Administration 4/05/06 2:30 PM Museums and Federal Funding 4/05/06 10:00 AM The Future of Port Security: The GreenLane Maritime Cargo Security Act 3/31/06 10:00 AM Nominations 3/30/06 2:30 PM Fulfilling the Promise? A Review of Veterans’ Preference in the Federal Government 3/30/06 10:00 AM Neutralizing The Nuclear And Radiological Threat: Securing the Global Supply Chain (Part Two) 3/29/06 2:30 PM The War on Terrorism: How Prepared is the Nation’s Capital? (Part II) 3/28/06 2:30 PM Bolstering the Safety Net: Eliminating Medicaid Fraud 3/28/06 9:30 AM Neutralizing The Nuclear And Radiological Threat: Securing the Global Supply Chain (Part One) 3/16/06 9:30 AM Earmark Reform: Understanding the Obligation of Funds Transparency Act 3/15/06 2:00 PM Programs in Peril: an Overview of the GAO High-Risk List Part II 3/14/06 9:30 AM GSA Contractors Who Cheat On Their Taxes And What Should Be Done About It 3/09/06 2:30 PM Reporting Improper Payments: A Report Card on Agencies’ Progress 3/08/06 2:30 PM Crime Victims Fund Rescission: Real Savings or Budget Gimmick? 3/08/06 9:30 AM Hurricane Katrina: Recommendations for Reform 3/02/06 10:00 AM Business Meeting 3/01/06 9:30 AM The Department of Homeland Security’s Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2007 2/28/06 10:00 AM Enhancing Educational and Economic Opportunity in the District of Columbia 2/27/06 2:30 PM Briefing on DP World Purchase of P&O 2/15/06 11:15 AM **RESCHEDULED** Hurricane Katrina: The Homeland Security Department’s Preparation and Response 2/13/06 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Worsen the Disaster 2/13/06 9:30 AM RESCHEDULED FIELD HEARING: Volatility In the Natural Gas Market: The Impact Of High Natural Gas Prices On American Consumers 2/10/06 9:30 AM Hurricane Katrina: The Roles of DHS and FEMA Leadership 2/09/06 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: The Defense Department’s Role in the Response 2/07/06 3:00 PM Federal Agencies and Conference Spending 2/06/06 2:00 PM Hurricane Katrina: Managing Law Enforcement and Communications in a Catastrophe 2/06/06 10:15 AM Big Ticket Waste: Are Empty Federal Buildings Emptying the Taxpayers’ Wallets? 2/02/06 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: The Role of the Governors in Managing the Catastrophe 2/01/06 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: Managing the Crisis and Evacuating New Orleans 1/31/06 10:00 AM Challenges in a Catastrophe: Evacuating New Orleans in Advance of Hurricane Katrina 1/30/06 2:00 PM Hurricane Katrina: Urban Search and Rescue in a Catastrophe 1/25/06 9:30 AM Lobbying Reform: Proposals and Issues 1/24/06 10:00 AM Preparing for a Catastrophe: The Hurricane Pam Exercise 1/19/06 2:30 PM Bilateral Malaria Assistance: Progress and Prognosis 1/17/06 11:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi’s Recovery 12/15/05 3:30 PM Business Meeting 12/15/05 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: Who’s In Charge of the New Orleans Levees? 12/08/05 2:30 PM Nomination Hearings 12/08/05 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: Perspectives of FEMA’s Operations Professionals 11/21/05 10:00 AM Ensuring Protection of American Intellectual Property Rights for American Industries in China 11/17/05 10:00 AM From Proposed to Final: Evaluating Regulations for the National Security Personnel System 11/16/05 10:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: What Can Government Learn from the Private Sector’s Response? 11/15/05 3:00 PM Iran: Teheran's Nuclear Recklessness and the U.S. Response -- The Experts' Perspective 11/09/05 3:00 PM Access Delayed: Fixing the Security Clearance Process, Part II 11/09/05 9:30 AM ‘Always Ready’: The Coast Guard’s Response to Hurricane Katrina 11/03/05 10:00 AM **POSTPONED**From Proposed to Final: Evaluating Regulations for the National Security Personnel System 11/02/05 9:30 AM Hurricane Katrina: Why Did the Levees Fail? 10/31/05 1:00 PM Corruption In The United Nations Oil-for-Food Program: Reaching a Consensus on United Nations Reform 10/28/05 10:00 AM Medicaid: Creative Improvements from the Field 10/26/05 2:30 PM Uncollected Taxes: Can We Reduce the $300 Billion Tax Gap? 10/25/05 2:30 PM Guns and Butter: Setting Priorities in Federal Spending in the Context of Natural Disaster, Deficits and War 10/20/05 9:30 AM Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans: A Flooded City, a Chaotic Response 10/07/05 10:00 AM Business Meeting 10/06/05 2:30 PM From Factory to Foxhole: Improving DoD Logistics 10/06/05 2:30 PM How Does the Federal Government Lease Needed Space? 10/06/05 9:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: How is FEMA Performing Its Mission at This Stage of Recovery? 9/29/05 3:00 PM GSA II: The Procurement Process from Start to Finish 9/29/05 10:00 AM The Defense Travel System: Boon or Boondoggle? 9/28/05 9:30 AM **RESCHEDULED**Recovering from Hurricane Katrina: Responding to the Immediate Needs of Its Victims 9/27/05 2:30 PM Housing-Related Programs for the Poor: Can We Be Sure That Federal Assistance Is Getting To Those Who Need It Most? 9/27/05 10:00 AM Alternative Personnel Systems: Assessing Progress in the Federal Government 9/26/05 10:00 AM **POSTPONED**Ensuring Protection of American Intellectual Property Rights in China 9/22/05 2:30 PM Cost and Payment Plans of Medicare Part D 9/22/05 9:30 AM Business Meeting 9/21/05 10:00 AM After the London Attacks: What Lessons Have Been Learned to Secure U.S. Transit Systems? 9/15/05 2:30 PM **POSTPONED**Housing-Related Programs for the Poor: Can We Be Sure That Federal Assistance Is Getting To Those Who Need It Most? 9/15/05 10:30 AM Nomination Hearings 9/14/05 10:00 AM Recovering from Hurricane Katrina: The Next Phase 9/13/05 10:00 AM Nomination Hearings 7/27/05 2:30 PM Who’s Watching the Watchdog? Examining Financial Management at the SEC 7/27/05 10:00 AM Chemical Facility Security: What Is the Appropriate Federal Role? (Part II) 7/26/05 2:30 PM GSA – Is the Taxpayer Getting the Best Deal? 7/21/05 2:30 PM U.S. Financial Involvement in Renovation of U.N. Headquarters 7/21/05 10:45 AM Business Meeting 7/19/05 2:00 PM Securing Cyberspace: Efforts to Protect National Information Infrastructures Continue to Face Challenges 7/18/05 2:00 PM Nomination Hearings 7/15/05 9:30 AM Securing American Sovereignty: A Review of the United States’ Relationship with the WTO 7/14/05 1:30 PM Department of Homeland Security: Second Stage Review 7/14/05 9:30 AM The War on Terrorism: How Prepared is the Nation’s Capital? 7/13/05 9:30 AM Chemical Facility Security: What Is the Appropriate Federal Role? 7/12/05 2:00 PM Improper Payments: Where are Truth and Transparency in Federal Financial Reporting? 6/29/05 9:30 AM Vulnerabilities in the U.S. Passport System Can Be Exploited by Criminals and Terrorists 6/28/05 10:00 AM Access Delayed: Fixing the Security Clearance Process 6/23/05 2:30 PM Addressing Disparities in Federal HIV/AIDS CARE Programs 6/22/05 10:00 AM Business Meeting 6/21/05 9:15 AM Juvenile Diabetes: Examining the Personal Toll on Families, Financial Costs to the Federal Health Care System, and Research Progress Toward a Cure 6/16/05 9:30 AM Civilian Contractors Who Cheat On Their Taxes And What Should Be Done About It. 6/15/05 2:30 PM Nomination Hearings 6/15/05 10:00 AM Is the Federal Government Doing Enough to Secure Chemical Facilities and Is More Authority Needed? 6/14/05 2:00 PM Accountability and Results in Federal Budgeting 6/14/05 10:00 AM Finding and Fighting Fakes: Reviewing the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy 5/26/05 2:30 PM An Assessment of Federal Funding for Private Research and Development 5/26/05 9:30 AM The Container Security Initiative and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism: Securing the Global Supply Chain or Trojan Horse? 5/25/05 2:30 PM Nomination Hearing 5/25/05 9:30 AM Counterfeit Goods: Easy Cash for Criminals and Terrorists 5/25/05 12:00 AM Business Meeting 5/24/05 2:00 PM An Overview of the Competitive Effects of Specialty Hospitals 5/24/05 10:00 AM Safeguarding the Merit System: A Review of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel 5/19/05 2:30 PM **POSTPONED** Accountability and Results in Federal Budgeting 5/19/05 9:30 AM Nomination Hearings 5/18/05 2:30 PM **POSTPONED** Nomination of Linda M. Springer to be Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management 5/18/05 9:30 AM FEMA’s Response to the 2004 Florida Hurricanes: A Disaster for Taxpayers? 5/17/05 2:00 PM **POSTPONED** Analysis of National In-Patient Satisfaction Survey 5/17/05 9:30 AM Oil For Influence: How Saddam Used Oil to Reward Politicians Under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program 5/12/05 10:30 AM Examining USAID’s Anti-Malaria Policies 4/28/05 2:00 PM Waging War on Waste: An Examination of DoD’s Business Practices 4/27/05 10:00 AM Chemical Attack on America: How Vulnerable Are We? 4/21/05 2:30 PM An Assessment of the President's Management Agenda 4/21/05 10:30 AM Employing Federal Workforce Flexibilities: A Progress Report 4/15/05 1:00 PM Tax Related Financial Products Can Be Costly 4/14/05 2:00 PM U.S. Postal Service: What is Needed to Ensure its Future Viability? 4/14/05 10:00 AM Passing the Buck: A Review of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 4/13/05 11:00 AM Business Meeting 4/05/05 10:00 AM Monitoring CMS’ Vital Signs: Implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit 3/15/05 10:00 AM Critical Mission: Ensuring the Success of the National Security Personnel System 3/09/05 10:00 AM Department of Homeland Security's budget submission for FY 2006 3/09/05 10:00 AM Business Meeting (Tentative) 3/07/05 2:00 PM Nomination Hearing 2/17/05 10:00 AM Programs In Peril: An Overview of the GAO High-Risk List 2/16/05 10:00 AM Transforming Government for the 21st Century 2/15/05 9:30 AM The United Nations’ Management and Oversight of the Oil-for-Food Program 2/11/05 10:00 AM POSTPONED 2/10/05 10:00 AM Unlocking the Potential within Homeland Security: the New Human Resources System 2/07/05 6:00 PM Business Meeting 2/02/05 10:00 AM Nomination Hearing 1/26/05 10:00 AM The Department of Homeland Security: The Road Ahead 11/16/04 10:30 AM Oversight Hearing on Insurance Brokerage Practices, Including Potential Conflicts of Interest and the Adequacy of the Current Regulatory Framework 11/15/04 12:00 PM How Saddam Hussein Abused the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program 10/05/04 10:00 AM Nominations Hearing 9/30/04 10:30 AM Oversight Hearing on Section 529 College Savings Plans: High Fees, Inadequate Disclosure, Disparate State Tax Treatment and Questionable Broker Sales Practices 9/22/04 10:00 AM Business Meeting 9/21/04 10:00 AM Business Meeting 9/14/04 9:30 AM The 9/11 Commission Human Capital Recommendations: A Critical Element of Reform 9/13/04 9:30 AM Ensuring the U.S. Intelligence Community Supports Homeland Defense and Departmental Needs 9/08/04 10:30 AM Building an Agile Intelligence Community to Fight Terrorism and Emerging Threats 8/26/04 9:30 AM CLOSED HEARING- Reorganizing the Intelligence Community: to What Extent Should the National Intelligence Director Have Budget Authority and the National Counterterrorism Center Play a Role in Operational Planning? 8/17/04 9:00 AM Voicing a Need for Reform: The Families of 9/11 8/16/04 9:30 AM Reorganizing America's Intelligence Community: A View from the Inside 8/03/04 10:00 AM Assessing America's Counterterrorism Capabilities 7/30/04 11:00 AM Making America Safer: Examining the Recommendations of the 9-11 Commission 7/22/04 3:30 PM Nominations Hearing for Allen Weinstein to be Archivist of the United States 7/22/04 9:00 AM Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals over the Internet - Day 2 Federal and Private Sector Responses 7/21/04 10:00 AM Business Meeting 7/20/04 9:00 AM Building the 21st Century Federal Workforce: Assessing Progress in Human Capital Management 7/19/04 2:30 PM Nomination Hearing for Neil McPhie and Barbara Sapin 7/15/04 9:00 AM Money Laundering and Foreign Corruption: Enforcement and Effectiveness of the Patriot Act 7/08/04 10:30 AM The Federal Government's Financial Statement and Accountability of Taxpayer Dollars at the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security 7/07/04 10:00 AM Juvenile Detention Centers: Are They Warehousing Children with Mental Illness 7/06/04 6:05 PM Business Meeting 6/23/04 4:00 PM International Smuggling Networks: Weapons of Mass Destruction Counterproliferation Initiatives 6/23/04 11:30 AM Nomination Hearing for David M. Stone to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration 6/17/04 9:00 AM Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over The Internet 6/15/04 10:30 AM An Assessment of Current Efforts to Combat Terrorism Financing 6/09/04 10:00 AM Going Nowhere: DOD Wastes Millions of Dollars on Unused Airline Tickets 6/08/04 2:30 PM Dietary Supplement Safety Act: How is FDA Doing 10 Years Later? 6/02/04 10:00 AM Executive Business Meeting 5/12/04 10:00 AM Bogus Degrees and Unmet Expectations: Are Taxpayer Dollars Subsidizing Diploma Mills? (Day 2) 5/11/04 10:30 AM Bogus Degrees and Unmet Expectations: Are Taxpayer Dollars Subsidizing Diploma Mills? 5/06/04 10:00 AM Trimming the Fat: Examining Duplicative and Outdated Federal Programs and Functions 4/29/04 10:45 AM Nomination Hearing for Mr. David Safavian 4/29/04 10:00 AM Nomination Hearing for Mr. Dawn Tisdale 4/28/04 10:00 AM Government Purchase Cards: Smarter Use Can Save Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars 4/20/04 2:30 PM Oversight Hearing on Expensing Stock Options: Supporting and Strengthening the Independence of the Financial Accounting Standards Board 4/20/04 9:30 AM Pirates of the 21st Century: The Curse of the Black Market 4/08/04 9:30 AM Does CMS Have the Right Prescription? Implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Program 4/07/04 2:00 PM Legislative Hearing on S. 346, a Bill to Amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to Establish a Governmentwide Policy Requiring Competition in Certain Procurements from Federal Prison Industries 4/07/04 10:00 AM Postal Reform: The Chairmen’s Perspectives on Governance and Rate-Setting 3/30/04 2:30 PM The Federal Government’s Role In Empowering Americans To Make Informed Financial Decisions 3/29/04 9:00 AM The Road to Recovery: Solving the Social Security Disability Backlog 3/24/04 9:00 AM Profiteering in a Non-profit Industry: Abusive Practices in Credit Counseling 3/23/04 2:30 PM The Postal Service in Crisis: A Joint Senate-House Hearing on Principles for Meaningful Reform 3/11/04 9:30 AM Postal Reform: Sustaining the 9 Million Jobs in the $900 Billion Mailing Industry (Day 2) 3/09/04 10:00 AM Postal Reform: Sustaining the 9 Million Jobs in the $900 Billion Mailing Industry (Day 1) 3/01/04 11:00 AM Oversight of the Thrift Savings Plan: Ensuring the Integrity of Federal Employee Retirement Savings 2/25/04 10:00 AM JOINT HEARING: The Key to Homeland Security: the New Human Resources System 2/24/04 10:00 AM Preserving a Strong United States Postal Service: Worforce Issues, Day 1 2/12/04 9:30 AM DOD Contractors that Cheat on their Taxes and What Should Be Done About It 2/09/04 10:00 AM Department of Homeland Security's budget for FY05 2/04/04 2:00 PM Preserving a Strong United States Postal Service: Workforce Issues, Day 2 1/27/04 10:00 AM Oversight Hearing on Mutual Funds: Hidden Fees, Misgovernance and Other Practices that Harm Investors 12/09/03 10:00 AM Fair or Foul: The Challenge of Negotiating, Monitoring, and Enforcing U.S. Trade Laws 11/21/03 11:15 AM Executive Business Meeting 11/20/03 10:00 AM Keeping the Lights On: The Federal Role in Managing the Nation's Electricity, Part Two 11/20/03 9:00 AM U. S. Tax Shelter Industry: The Role of Accountants, Lawyers and Financial Professionals, Day 2 11/19/03 9:30 AM Agroterrorism: The Threat to America's Breadbasket 11/18/03 2:30 PM Nominations Hearing 11/18/03 9:00 AM U. S. Tax Shelter Industry: The Role of Accountants, Lawyers and Financial Professionals, Day 1 11/12/03 3:30 PM S. 1358, the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act: Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act 11/12/03 2:00 PM Nominations Hearing 11/06/03 2:00 PM DOD’s Improper Use of First and Business Class Airline Travel 11/05/03 2:00 PM The Report of the Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service: Preserving Access and Affordability. 11/03/03 10:30 AM Mutual Funds: Trading Practices and Abuses that Harm Investors 10/22/03 10:30 AM Executive Business Meeting 10/08/03 10:00 AM SARS: Is Minnesota Prepared? 10/02/03 4:10 PM Executive Business Meeting 10/01/03 9:30 AM Deteriorating Buildings and Wasted Opportunities: The Need for Federal Real Property Reform 9/30/03 10:00 AM Privacy & Piracy: The Paradox of Illegal File Sharing on Peer-to-Peer Networks and the Impact of Technology on the Entertainment Industry 9/30/03 9:00 AM Nominations Hearing 9/24/03 9:30 AM Penalty for Public Service: Do the Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provisions Unfairly Discriminate Against Employees and Retirees? 9/23/03 9:30 AM CLOSED HEARING: Combating Terrorist Financing: Are We on the Right Track? 9/17/03 10:00 AM U.S. Postal Service: What Can Be Done to Ensure Its Future Viability? 9/16/03 11:00 AM Nomination Hearing, Department of Homeland Security 9/16/03 9:30 AM Oversight of GAO: What Lies Ahead for Congress' Watchdog? 9/15/03 2:30 PM Safeguarding America's Retirement Security: An Examination of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation 9/10/03 9:00 AM Keeping the Lights On : The Federal Role in Managing the Nation's Electricity 8/06/03 10:00 AM Legal Drugs, Illegal Purposes: The Escalating Abuse of Prescription Medications 7/31/03 10:00 AM Terrorism Financing: Origination, Organization, and Prevention 7/30/03 1:50 PM Executive Business Meeting 7/30/03 9:00 AM SARS: Best Practices for Identifying And Caring for New Cases. 7/29/03 10:15 AM Nominations Hearing to Consider Joel D. Kaplan to be Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget 7/29/03 9:30 AM Department of Homeland Security Nominations hearing for Joe D. Whitley to be General Counsel and Penrose C. Albright to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Plans, Programs, and Budget). 7/24/03 9:30 AM Then and Now: An Update on the Administration's Competitive Sourcing Initiative 7/22/03 3:30 PM Nominations Hearing for Allen Weinstein to be Archivist of the United States 7/21/03 2:00 PM Oversight Hearing on Government Sponsored Enterprises: The Risks and Benefits to Consumers 7/17/03 9:30 AM Nowhere to Turn: Must Parents Relinquish Custody in Order to Secure Mental Health Services for Their Children?, Part 2: Government Response. 7/16/03 10:00 AM Great Lakes Restoration Management: No Direction, Unknown Progress. 7/15/03 9:30 AM Nowhere to Turn: Must Parents Relinquish Custody in Order to Secure Mental Health Services for Their Children?, Part 1: Families and Advocates. 6/26/03 12:50 PM Executive Business Meeting 6/25/03 9:30 AM Nomination of Joshua B. Bolten to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget 6/24/03 10:00 AM Juvenile Diabetes: Examining the Personal Toll on Families, Financial Costs to the Federal Health Care System, and Research Progress Toward a Cure 6/19/03 10:00 AM Self-Dealing and Breach of Duty: A Review of the ULLICO Matter 6/18/03 9:30 AM Superior Court of the District of Columbia Nominations 6/17/03 10:00 AM Executive Business Meeting 6/11/03 9:00 AM Patient Safety: Instilling Hospitals with a Culture of Continuous Improvement 6/05/03 10:30 AM Department of Homeland Security Nominations 6/04/03 9:30 AM Transforming the Department of Defense Personnel System: Finding the Right Approach. 5/21/03 9:00 AM SARS: How Effective Is The State And Local Response? 5/20/03 2:00 PM Drugs, Counterfeiting, and Weapons Proliferation: The North Korea Connection 5/15/03 2:00 PM Nominations 5/15/03 9:30 AM "Investing in Homeland Security: Challenges Facing State and Local Governments" 5/14/03 9:30 AM Tissue Banks: The Dangers of Tainted Tissue and the Need for Federal Regulation 5/12/03 12:30 PM An Overlooked Asset: the Defense Civilian Workforce 5/12/03 8:30 AM Border Security: How are State and Local Officials Coping With The New Levels of Threat? 5/01/03 10:00 AM Investing in Homeland Security: Streamlining and Enhancing Homeland Security Grant Programs 4/10/03 11:00 AM Prosecuting Iraqi War Crimes; A Consideration of the Different Forum Options 4/10/03 9:30 AM Nomination of Peter Eide to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority 4/09/03 9:30 AM Investing in Homeland Security, Challenges on the Front Line 4/08/03 9:30 AM The Human Capital Challenge: Offering Solutions and Delivering Results 4/02/03 10:00 AM Nominations 3/20/03 9:30 AM Cargo Containers: The Next Terrorist Target? 3/06/03 9:30 AM Evaluating Human Capital at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3/05/03 10:00 AM Business Meeting 2/27/03 11:00 AM Nominations 2/26/03 10:00 AM Consolidating Intelligence Analysis: A Review of the President's Proposal to Create a Terrorist Threat Integration Center--Day 2 2/14/03 9:30 AM Consolidating Intelligence Analysis: A Review of the President's Proposal to Create a Terrorist Threat Integration Center 2/05/03 2:20 PM Business Meeting 1/24/03 9:30 AM The nomination of The Honorable Gordon England to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security 1/17/03 9:00 AM The nomination of The Honorable Tom Ridge to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security 12/11/02 9:30 AM Oversight of Investment Banks' Response to the Lessons of Enron 11/15/02 10:00 AM Hearing to consider the nominations of Alejandro Sanchez, Andrew Saul and Gordon Whiting to be Members of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. 9/11/66 2:30 PM Nominations Offshore Abuses: The Enablers, The Tools & Offshore Secrecy
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