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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

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