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LiveWave CEO Mottur will Testify before Congressional Subcommittee The oversight responsibilities of the House Armed Services Committee are conducted primarily within the context of the committee's consideration of the annual defense authorization bill. The subcommittee is responsible for annual authorization of funding for military research and development and related legislative oversight. Subcommittees of the House Armed Services Committee have held several "field" hearings in recent years on various subjects including military readiness, military health care, and domestic counter-terrorism preparedness. www.ruel.net /top/box.news/livewave.tv.20020311.htm   (602 words)

Congressional Subcommittee Requests Guild Documents bloodhorse.com U.S. Congressional subcommittee has asked the Jockeys' Guild to provide documents related to the Guild's management, accounting, and oversight of funds as well as information regarding Guild action relating to health insurance policies for on-track accident coverage. U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent a letter to Jockeys' Guild president Dr. Wayne Gertmenian April 20 questioning the leadership and management of the Guild and the use of its resources on behalf of its members. Whitfield's subcommittee is part of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and has jurisdiction over five Cabinet-level departments and seven independent agencies. www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=27732   (217 words)

U.S. Senator John McCain The senators were joined by the Project on Government Oversight. It is also supported by a variety of organizations including the American Library Association, the Congressional Accountability Project, Common Cause, Public Citizen, the Center for Democracy and Technology. John McCain (R-AZ) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) today held a press conference to announce their intention to introduce a resolution to make Congressional Research Service (CRS) products available to the public over the internet. mccain.senate.gov /index.cfm?fuseaction=Newscenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=718   (217 words)

News From Underground: Whistleblower badly beaten Also flying out tomorrow is the Project On Government Oversight's Senior Investigator Peter Stockton who investigated the 1974 murder of nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood in his previous position as a Congressional investigator. Los Alamos whistleblower "Tommy Hook is still hospitalized today after being brutally assaulted over the weekend," the Project on Government Oversight is saying. Congressional staff from the Committee were already scheduled to arrive Tuesday, June 7th to investigate Tommy Hook's allegations. markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com /2005/06/whistleblower-badly-beaten.html   (217 words)

Bill of Rights Defense Committee [TEMPLATE - INTERIOR] Bills on library and bookstore privacy and on congressional oversight of FISA warrants are currently proceeding through the House and the Senate. Following the conference's two days of tactical and strategic policy workshops, there will be a day of "people's advocacy" on Capitol Hill for conferees to directly address their congressional delegations about their obligation to show leadership in restoring rights and liberties and our determination to hold them accountable. These grassroots groups will then follow up with their congressional representatives back at home in their districts at the next congressional recess, bringing the power of grassroots democracy full circle. www.bordc.org /newsletter/bordcnews2-4.php   (217 words)

ICE Office of Congressional Relations (OCR) The Assistant Secretary places the highest priority on assisting Members of Congress and their staff on issues related to congressional inquiries, concerns and oversight. The mission of the Office of Congressional Relations (OCR) is to serve Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through congressional activities on behalf of the Assistant Secretary, executive staff and all employees of ICE. OCR is also responsible for preparing materials for congressional hearings, briefings and meetings, as well as analysis and coordination of policy issues pertaining to federal legislation. www.ice.gov /graphics/congress   (217 words)

Congressional Subcommittee Finds Guild Documents Inadequate - bloodhorse.com In April, the subcommittee requested the Jockeys' Guild provide documents and information related to the Guild's management, accounting, and oversight of funds as well as information regarding Guild action relating to health insurance policies for on-track accident coverage. Date Posted: 8/17/2005 6:19:10 PM Last Updated: 8/18/2005 10:41:45 AM A U.S Congressional subcommittee has deemed the Jockeys' Guild efforts to fulfill a subcommittee request for information and documents related to the Guild's management and fiscal activities inadequate. Congressional Subcommittee Finds Guild Documents Inadequate - bloodhorse.com news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=29557   (343 words)

Psychiatric News Main Frame Appelbaum was one of several psychiatrists who testified before the House Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee. In a statement submitted to the subcommittee, and summarized by Oldham and Walsh during the hearing, the two researchers testified that "the overwhelming majority of individuals" in the Manhattan and Bronx court system from which the participants were drawn were from minority ethnic groups. The brunt of the subcommittee's wrath focused on a study conducted by John Oldham, M.D., and B. Timothy Walsh, M.D., at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) in Manhattan. www.psych.org /pnews/98-08-07/irb.html   (1075 words)

Penn State Smeal: News - June 2002 The subcommittee has oversight responsibilities for the Departments of Defense (DOD), State, and Veterans Affairs. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA-The Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations has invited John J. Coyle, director of corporate relations for the Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State, to testify during a hearing examining the Department of Defense business process. "The subcommittee is interested in understanding the nature of the Department of Defense's financial management difficulties relating to the procurement, accounting, payment, and inventory control of a selected DOD item. www.smeal.psu.edu /news/releases/jun02/coyle.html   (461 words)

Untitled Document Oversight hearings provide one of the few public records of exchange between congressional overseers and agency officials; (3), to investigate charges of criminal wrongdoing (investigative); hearings conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities serve as excellent examples;(4), hearings preparatory to proposing legislation, that is, committees explore compelling issues of public policy (exploratory). Congressional hearings have a call number stem of "Y4"; they are located in Merrill Library, 4th floor. Congressional Investigations of Communism and Subversive Activities: Summary-Index, 1918 to 1956. library.usu.edu /Govdocs/c_war2.html   (461 words)

CNN - Congressional subcommittee accuses NSI of stonewalling - July 26, 1999 The Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations called 13 Internet experts from government, industry and academia to testify before a standing-room-only crowd about the privatization of the domain name system. (IDG) -- Members of a congressional subcommittee Thursday accused Network Solutions Inc., which holds a monopoly position in the registration of most Internet names, of stonewalling the development of a competitive market for services that are crucial to the continued growth of electronic commerce. Although subcommittee leaders said it was not their intent to "demonize" NSI, sentiments in the room were clearly against the Herndon, Va. company. www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9907/26/stonewall.idg   (983 words)

CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULES DAYTON HEARING ON ARMY CHEMICAL DISPOSAL CONTRACT Congressman Michael Turner (OH-3), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee, recently invited the House Government Reform Committee panel to scrutinize compliance with Army contract provisions requiring extensive community outreach and community acceptance of plans to dispose of byproducts from the disposal of the chemical nerve agent VX. Washington, D.C. Rep. Christopher Shays (CT-4), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, today announced the panel will convene an oversight hearing in Dayton, Ohio to examine Army contracting practices in the chemical weapons demilitarization program. Invited witnesses will discuss compliance with public outreach requirements of the Army contract as well as questions about testing and characterization of hydrolysate, the VX disposal byproduct, raised by the recent consultant's analysis commissioned by the Montgomery County Commissioners. www.greenlink.org /public/hotissues/vx24.html   (507 words)

E-rate case not over; school chief scolded ajc.com A congressional committee chastised Atlanta School Superintendent Beverly Hall on Friday for giving out "flawed and misleading" information about a probe into $60 million in E-rate technology spending. "We ask that you correct the public record on this matter, and that you not misrepresent the status or results of the Subcommittee's investigation of APS' E-rate program," Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wrote to Hall. The subcommittee told APS it would not require a final report, but encouraged school officials to continue to look into E-rate spending here. www.ajc.com /metro/content/metro/atlanta/0405/23erate.html   (576 words)

subcommittee.html For the most part, legislation affecting the Judiciary passes through these key subcommittees of the committees responsible for appropriations for the Judiciary and its courthouses; Judiciary-related legislation and judicial nomina- tions; and authorization for government buildings, including federal courthouses. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee rosters have been finalized in the House and Senate. www.uscourts.gov /ttb/april01ttb/subcommittee.html   (130 words)

cannabisnews.com: Congressional Subcommittee Hears from Meth War John Thune, R-S.D., joined his colleagues in questioning the panelists, although he is not a member of the subcommittee, an investigation and oversight body of the Committee on Government Reform. A congressional subcommittee heard testimony from the front lines of the Siouxland war against methamphetamine Monday. Testimony included a call for better control of illegal immigrants' entry and more jail space, funding for the training of small-town police and firefighters, sustained anti-drug education and empowerment of parents, as well as for more acceptance of drug testing in the workplace. www.cannabisnews.com /news/thread6205.shtml   (2019 words)

United States House of Representatives, 108th Congress, 2nd Session: Homepage Oversight plans based on the jurisdiction of the committee and the hearing schedules for the 108th Congress. Search all Representatives House websites, listed by State and Congressional District. Search all Representatives House websites, listed alphabetically by name. www.house.gov   (2019 words)

Congressional Research Service Reports - Legislative Process in the House Investigative Oversight: An Introduction to the Law, Practice and Procedure of Congressional Inquiry ---> Congressional Roll Call and Other Record Votes: First Congress Through 107th Congress (First Session), 1789 Through 2001 (.pdf) Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct Conferees (.pdf) www.house.gov /rules/crs_reports.htm   (2019 words)

Congressional Research Service The Congressional Research Service, part of the U.S. Library of Congress, serves Congress directly in achieving legislative, investigatory, oversight, and representative functions. Providing anticipatory and on-demand products tailored to specific issues requiring information, analysis, or legal interpretation; some of these are written products; many are memoranda drafted in response to particular inquiries from congressional committees, individual Members, or their staff. Giving reference and bibliographic support of Member and congressional staff activities - supported by CRS staff knowledge and specialized collections, the vast resources of the Library of Congress itself, as well as extensive electronic database capabilities online and print www.sutterlin.net /crs.html   (2019 words)

Legislative Research in Congressional Offices: A Primer Information valuable for legislative research is available to congressional offices through House Information Systems, the Senate Computer Center, and the Library of Congress. The type of research to be performed depends in large part on Members' varied needs and the use to be made of the research findings in their legislative, oversight, and representational work. Research on legislative problems or situations that are in some way similar to the problem or situation you are addressing can sometimes serve as a model to be emulated or avoided in your own work. www.house.gov /rules/95-657.htm   (2019 words)

pogo.org Congressional Research Service Products: Taxpayers should Have Easy Access 2/10/2003 Project On Government Oversight The Congressional Research Service (CRS), an arm of the U.S. Congress, authors such products as Reports to Congress, Issue Briefs, and Authorization and Appropriations Reports. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a department within the Library of Congress. Finding the most complete legislative information for congressional staff or for a Member; obtaining information, using databases, and linking to pages that are not available to the public on THOMAS. www.pogo.org /p/government/go-030201-crs.html   (2019 words)

Ruth Massinga's Remarks to Congressional Hispanic Caucus Policy Conference - Casey Family Programs In our nine direct-service Casey field offices, 39 percent of the families we serve have Hispanic heads of households, and 23 percent of all the youth who receive direct-service oversight from Casey are Hispanic. anniversary of the informal conversations that led to the first Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Fifty-seven percent of Hispanic children in foster care are under the age of five. www.casey.org /Resources/InterviewsAndSpeeches/HispanicCaucus2005.htm   (1844 words)

WorldNetDaily: Does your water glow in the dark? A report by the Fish and Wildlife Service concluded, "Congressional action or legislation would be required to move the pile to another location." The Project on Government Oversight recommends removing jurisdiction for the site from the NRC and giving it to the Department of Energy to resolve the political debate and move forward. The Project on Government Oversight is currently preparing a report detailing their findings. Although the federal government is aware of the problem, a solution has not been found because of politics. www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=16949   (1844 words)

About the Project On Government Oversight POGO's board and staff members bring a variety of professional experience to the organization as Congressional investigators, newspaper and TV journalists, government officials, attorneys, researchers, academic professors, fundraisers, and communication experts. The Project On Government Oversight is a 501 (c) (3) organization. The Project expands mission to include all federal agencies and changes its name to the Project On Government Oversight (POGO). www.pogo.org /p/x/aboutus.html   (1844 words)

GAP - Government Accountability Project In a joint letter to Treasury Secretary John Snow, a coalition of watchdog groups including the Government Accountability Project has called for actions to be taken after a Congressional deadline passed yesterday, June 30, for the World Bank and its four sister organizations to meet accountability and transparency goals. Government Accountability Project (GAP) client and small meat-processing plant owner John Munsell, currently in the midst of a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), just made a strong alliance. Mission: The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is a 28-year-old nonprofit public interest group that promotes government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers, and empowering citizen activists. www.whistleblower.org   (1844 words)

TMLL - CRS Reports The Congressional Research Service, an arm of the Library of Congress, serves the legislative process by providing Congress with non-partisan and in-depth legislative research and analysis on a variety of topics. Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking: An Update and Assessment after Nullification of OSHA's Ergonomics Standard Congressional Use of Funding Cutoffs Since 1970 Involving U.S. Military Forces and Overseas Deployments www.law.umaryland.edu /marshall/ElectronicResources/crsreports/crsreports.asp?AlphaStart=ALL   (1844 words)

InfoGuides and Link List--Dougherty County Public Library at www.docolib.org These include administration of Georgia's unemployment insurance, employment service, and vocational rehabilitation programs; provision of workforce information to the public and private sectors; inspection of boilers, pressure vessels, amusement park and carnival rides; and oversight of child labor issues. It is Southwest Georgia's only professional symphony, employing as many as 85 musicians as may be required for any particular concert. Through the Georgia Library for Accessible Services, Georgia's Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and cooperating local libraries, Georgians have access to a free national library program which offers braille and recorded materials. www.docolib.org /IG_LongLinkList.html   (6991 words)

Local Libraries United Nations status of internal oversight services : report to congressional requesters WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries. Washington, D.C. : Gaithersburg, MD (P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg 20884-6015) : The Office ; The Office [distributor, 1997] worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/c6a483b02e4ba90ba19afeb4da09e526.html   (6991 words)

Repairs and alterations of public buildings by General Services Administration--better congressional oversight and control is possible (in MARION) Repairs and alterations of public buildings by General Services Administration--better congressional oversight and control is possible : report / by the Comptroller General of the United States. Repairs and alterations of public buildings by General Services Administration--better congressional oversight and control is possible Repairs and alterations of public buildings by General Services Administration--better congressional oversight and control is possible (in MARION) js-catalog.cpl.org /MARION/BEQ-5663   (6991 words)

Congressman Gil Gutknecht - Minnesota's First Congressional District - Prescription Drugs State Information Considering amending Maine pharmacy statutes to extend the pharmacy Boards oversight to cover pharmacies in New Brunswick (Canada) that sell drugs to Maine residents; would eliminate any restrictions in the Maine statutes on the government's directing Maine residents. Congressman Gil Gutknecht - Minnesota's First Congressional District - Prescription Drugs State Information Senate Bill 167, The Canadian Mail Order (Plan Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before November 1, 2004, to seek approval of a waiver from the federal Food and Drug Administration to operate a program to purchase and import prescription drugs from Canada) passed both state House (3/04) and Senate (4/04) www.gil.house.gov /issues/pdrugs/stateinfo.htm   (6991 words)

Syllabus for an undergraduate course in the US legislative process (political science)-Chris Mooney "Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols vs. Fire Alarms." American Journal of Political Science. Bring in a list of the informal congressional groups to which your congressperson belongs (e.g., the Mushroom Caucus, the Democratic Study Group, the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, etc.). We will focus on the U.S. Congress, as it is by far the best studied U.S. legislature and can provide important clues to the behavior of state and local bodies. www.polsci.wvu.edu /faculty/mooney/syllabi/ps218.htm   (6991 words)

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