| January 1998 |
- 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
| February 1998 |
- 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 - 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 CongressmanPanel II
Rochelle Chronister - State of KansasPanel III
Ernestine Jones - D.C. Children and Family Services
Judith Meltzer - Center for the Study of Social Policy
Thomas Wells - Consortium for Child WelfarePanel IV
Debora Caruth - D.C. Foster Care Parent
Ms. Gordon Henry Gosselink -- D.C. Pre-Adopted Child - 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 - 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 NebraskaPanel 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 AssociationPanel 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 - 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 JusticePanel II
Robert Tobias - President, National Treasury Employees Union
Mark Roth - Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees
| March 1998 |
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Thursday, March 5, 1998 - Business Meeting
- 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 & CompanyPanel II
Dr. Joyce Ladner - D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Authority
General Julius Becton - Superintendant, D.C. Public SchoolsPanel III
Taalib-Bin Uqdah - Parent of DC students -
Tuesday, March 10, 1998 - Business Meeting
- Thursday, March 12, 1998 - Managerial Flexibility
and Accountability: Reforming the IRS
Witnesses: Panel I
Charles Rossotti - Internal Revenue ServicePanel II
G. Edward DeSeve - Office of Management and Budget
Carol Okin - Office of Personnel Management
Michael Brostek - General Accounting Office - Wednesday, March 18, 1998 - Oversight of the
Implementation of the Vacancies Act
Witnesses: Panel I
The Honorable Robert Byrd - United States SenatorPanel II
Joseph N. Onek - Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice
Joan M. Hollenbach - Associate General Counsel, General Accounting OfficePanel III
The Honorable Strom Thurmond - United States SenatorPanel 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
- 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 AgencyPanel II
Spurgeon Keeny - President, Arms Control Association
Dr. Kathleen Bailey - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - 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 CongressmanPanel II
G. Edward DeSeve - Office of Management and Budget
Skip Stitt - former Deputy Mayor, City of IndianapolisPanel 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 - 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 EnergyPanel 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 -
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
| April 1998 |
- Wednesday, April 1, 1998 - Nomination of Melvin Wright to be Judge of the D.C. Superior Court.
- Wednesday, April 1, 1998 - Crashing into the
Millennium Federal Agency Year 2000 Conversion Efforts
Witnesses: The Honorable John A. Koskinen - Assistant to the President, Chair, President's Council on the Year 2000 Conversion
The Honorable Kevin L. Thurm - Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Health and Human Services The Honorable Mortimer L. Downey - Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Department of Transportation -
Wednesday, April 1, 1998 - Business Meeting
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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
- 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
| May 1998 |
- 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 - 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 - FRTIBPanel II
Dallas Salisbury - President, Employee Benefit Research Institute
Daniel Geisler - President, American Foreign Service Association
- 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 -
Thursday, May 14, 1998 - Business Meeting
- 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 SenatorPanel 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 CenterPanel III
April Lassiter - President, The Initiative for Children
Joe Loconte - Deputy Director Policy Review: The Journal of American Citizenship - 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 -
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[
| June 1998 |
- 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 - 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 CongressmanPanel II
James Blum - Deputy Director of the Congressional Budget OfficePanel 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 - 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, GAOPanel II
G. Edward DeSeve - Acting Deputy Director - Office of Management and BudgetPanel 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 -
Wednesday, June 17, 1998 - Business Meeting
- 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
- 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 -
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
| July 1998 |
- 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 -
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 -
Wednesday, July 15, 1998 - Business Meeting
- Thursday, July 23, 1998 - Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations - Cramming: An Emerging Telephone
Billing Fraud
Witnesses: Panel I
Susan Grant - VP, Public Policy, National Consumers LeaguePanel 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 - 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 ColumbiaPanel II
James Foreman - Coordinator, Orange Hats Patrol
Kirsten Oldenburg - Editor, Crimemail, Online Crime Newsletter -
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 -
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
| August 1998 |
| September 1998 |
- 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 SenatorPanel II
Ken Hunter - Chief Inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Honorable Robert Butterworth - Attorney General, State of FloridaPanel III
Richard Barton - Senior Vice President, Director Marketing Associates
William Arnold, Ph.D. - Director, Gerontology, Arizona State University -
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)
- 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 GeneralPanel II
Edward DeSeve - Acting Deputy Director, Management of OMB - 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 CustomsPanel II
"Mr. Broker" - Confidential Informant/Former Customs Broker
- 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 - 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, GAOPanel II
William Reinsch - Under Secretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce -
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.
- Wednesday, September 23, 1998 - Information
Security - Part III
Witnesses: Panel I
James Huse - Acting Inspector General of SSA
SA Ed Ryan - SAIC of NYFO, SSAIGPanel 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 - 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 SenatorPanel 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 -
Thursday, September 24, 1998 - Business Meeting
- 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 AssociationPanel 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
| October 1998 |
- Thursday, October 1, 1998 - Subcommittee on
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services -
Annual Postal Oversight
Hearing
Witnesses: William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, USPS -
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)
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Tuesday, October 6, 1998 - Nomination Of Sylvia Mathews to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Chaired by Senator Cochran)
- 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 SenatorPanel 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 -
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)
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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 -
Friday, October 9, 1998 - Business Meeting
| November 1998 |
| December 1998 |
- 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