[House Hearing, 113 Congress]
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           PREVENTING VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL TRANSPARENCY LAWS

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                                HEARING

                               before the

                         COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT

                         AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                    ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

                               __________

                           SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

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                           Serial No. 113-64

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              COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM



                 DARRELL E. ISSA, California, Chairman
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland, 
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio                  Ranking Minority Member
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee       CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of 
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                         Columbia
JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah                 JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
TIM WALBERG, Michigan                WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan               JIM COOPER, Tennessee
PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona               GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania         JACKIE SPEIER, California
SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee          MATTHEW A. CARTWRIGHT, 
TREY GOWDY, South Carolina               Pennsylvania
BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas              MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
DOC HASTINGS, Washington             TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois
CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming           ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois
ROB WOODALL, Georgia                 DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky              PETER WELCH, Vermont
DOUG COLLINS, Georgia                TONY CARDENAS, California
MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina         STEVEN A. HORSFORD, Nevada
KERRY L. BENTIVOLIO, Michigan        MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico
RON DeSANTIS, Florida

                   Lawrence J. Brady, Staff Director
                John D. Cuaderes, Deputy Staff Director
                    Stephen Castor, General Counsel
                       Linda A. Good, Chief Clerk
                 David Rapallo, Minority Staff Director


                            C O N T E N T S

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Hearing held on September 10, 2013...............................     1

                               WITNESSES

The Hon. Gary Gensler, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading 
  Commission
    Oral Statement...............................................     6
    Written Statement............................................     8
The Hon. Lisa P. Jackson, Vice President of Environmental 
  Initiatives, Apple Inc., former Administrator, U.S. 
  Environmental Protection Agency
    Oral Statement...............................................    11
    Written Statement............................................    13
Mr. Jonathan Silver, Visiting Distinguished Senior Fellow, Third 
  Way, Former Executive Director Loan Program Office, U.S. 
  Department of Energy
    Oral Statement...............................................    16
    Written Statement............................................    18
Mr. Andrew McLaughlin, Senior Vice President, Betaworks, Former 
  Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Executive Office of the 
  President.
    Oral Statement...............................................    20
    Written Statement............................................    22
The Hon. David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the U.S.
    Oral Statement...............................................    26
    Written Statement............................................    28

                                APPENDIX

Bush Aides' use of GOP e-mail Probed.............................    78
U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Minority 
  Report.........................................................    80
Response letter to Chairman Issa from Mr. Barry Coburn...........   110


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