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A Reliance on Smart Power - Reforming the Foreign Assistance Bureuacracy

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Thursday, July 31, 2008
02:00 PM

This hearing will examine the structures of the State Department responsible for coordinating U.S. foreign assistance, processes in place for implementing foreign assistance policy, the responsiveness of the organizational structures to the executive branch’s foreign assistance policies, human capital issues, and any recommendations for improving the foreign assistance bureaucracy.

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • Mr. Richard L. Greene [view testimony]
    Deputy Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance
    U.S. Department of State

Panel 2

  • Mr. Leo Hindery, Jr. [view testimony]
    Vice Chairman
    Commission on Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People Around the Globe
  • Dr. Gordon Adams [view testimony]
    Distinguished Fellow
    The Henry L. Stimson Center
  • Ms. Anne C. Richard [view testimony]
    Vice President for Government Relations and Advocacy
    International Rescue Committee
  • Mr. Samuel A. Worthington [view testimony]
    President & CEO
    InterAction
  • Dr. Gerald Hyman [view testimony]
    Senior Advisor and President of the Hills Program on Governance
    Center for Strategic and International Studies

July 2008 Hearings

July 2008

31st A Reliance on Smart Power - Reforming the Foreign Assistance Bureuacracy
2:00 PM
31st 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
1:00 PM
31st Offline and Off-budget: The Dismal State of Information Technology Planning in the Federal Government
9:30 AM
30th Planning for Post-Catastrophe Housing Needs: Has FEMA Developed an Effective Strategy for Housing Large Numbers of Citizens Displaced by Disaster?
12:00 PM
30th Business Meeting
10:15 AM
29th Payroll Tax Abuse: Businesses Owe Billions and What Needs To Be Done About It
9:00 AM
25th Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance
9:30 AM
24th Improving Federal Program Management using Performance Information
2:30 PM
23rd Information Sharing: Connecting the Dots at the Federal, State, and Local Levels
10:00 AM
22nd Improving Performance: A Review of Pay-for-Performance Systems in the Federal Government
2:00 PM
22nd Energy Security: An American Imperative
9:30 AM
17th Major Disaster Recovery: Assessing FEMA's Performance Since Katrina
2:30 PM
17th Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance
9:30 AM
16th A Domestic Crisis with Global Implications: Reviewing the Human Capital Crisis at the State Department
2:00 PM
16th The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: Are We Building Domestic Defenses That Will Make the Nation Safer?
10:00 AM
10th The Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism and Efforts to Counter It
9:30 AM
09th Medicare Vulnerabilities: Payments for Claims Tied to Deceased Doctors
10:00 AM
02nd Securing the Northern Border: Views from the Front Lines
10:00 AM

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