[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 126 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1016-D1017]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Transportation 
appropriations for fiscal year 2003.
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness held a hearing on ``Assuring Quality and Accountability 
in Postsecondary Education: Assessing the Role of Accreditation.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses
CAPACITY SWAPS BY GLOBAL CROSSING AND QWEST
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations continued hearings entitled ``Capacity Swaps by Global 
Crossing and Qwest: Sham Transactions Designed to Boost Revenues?'' 
Testimony was heard from Gary Winnick, Chairman, Board of Directors, 
Global Crossing Ltd.; Jim Gorton, former General Counsel, Global 
Crossing Ltd.; and public witnesses.
RECORDING INDUSTRY MARKETING PRACTICES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Recording Industry Marketing 
Practices: A Check-up.'' Testimony was heard from C. Lee Peeler, Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC; and public witnesses.
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs and International Relations held a hearing on Chemical 
and Biological Equipment: Preparing for a Toxic Battlefield. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Joseph E. Schmitz, Inspector General; Anna Johnson-Winegar, Assistant 
to the Secretary for CBD; Gen. Stephen Goldfein, USA, Deputy Director, 
Joint Warfighting Capability Analysis JCS; Maj. Gen. William L. Bond, 
USA, Office of the Assistant Secretary (ALT); Michael A. Parker, Deputy 
to the Commander, U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command 
(SBCCOM); and George Allen, Deputy Director, Defense Supply Center-
Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency; and Raymond J. Decker, 
Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, GAO.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session to continue this 
hearing. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
E-GOVERNMENT ACT; OMB'S FREEZE ON IT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement Policy approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
2458, E-Government Act of 2001.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on ``Ensuring Coordination, 
Reducing Redundancy: A Review

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of OMB's Freeze on IT Spending at Homeland Security Agencies.'' 
Testimony was heard from Joel Willemssen, Managing Director, 
Information Technology Issues, GAO; Mark Forman, E-Government and 
Information Technology Administrator, OMB; Pat Schambach, Chief 
Information Officer, Transportation Security Administration, Department 
of Transportation; S. W. Hall, Jr., Chief Information Officer, U.S. 
Custom Services, Department of the Treasury; Sandra Bates, 
Commissioner, Federal Technology Service, GSA; and a public witness.
CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
5422, Child Abduction Prevention Act.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 5422. 
Testimony was heard from Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney 
General, Department of Justice; and a public witness.
BRIEFING--SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Special Programs. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence continued joint 
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to 
examine activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection 
with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, 
receiving testimony from Eleanor Hill, Staff Director, Joint Inquiry 
Staff; James S. Gilmore III, Chairman, Advisory Panel to Assess 
Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass 
Destruction; Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 
Department of State; Claudio Manno, Acting Associate Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Intelligence, Transportation Security 
Administration; Joseph R. Greene, Assistant Commissioner for 
Investigations, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of 
Justice; Louis Andre, Special Assistant for Intelligence, J-2, Defense 
Intelligence Agency; and Edward Norris, Baltimore Police Department, 
Baltimore, Maryland.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, October 3.