[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 16, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Transportation Security 
Administration's (TSA) efforts and progress on H.R. 1, ``Implementing 
the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007'', after 
receiving testimony from Kip Hawley, Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security, Transportation Security Administration; and Cathleen A. 
Berrick, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government 
Accountability Office.
PERSIAN GULF
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing to examine issues relative to security in the 
Persian Gulf from R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs; and Mary Beth Long, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for International Security Affairs, Vice Admiral Jeffrey A. 
Wieringa, USN, Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and Major 
General Philip M. Breedlove, Vice Director for Strategic Plans and 
Policy, Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY (SAFE) PORT ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Security and Accountability For 
Every (SAFE) Port Act (Public Law 109-347) one year after its 
enactment, after receiving testimony from Stewart Baker, Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security for Policy; Reginald I. Lloyd, United 
States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Department of 
Justice; Stephen L. Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and Justice 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Captain Jeffrey W. 
Monroe, Department of Ports and Transportation, Portland, Maine.
DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
improving financial and business management at the Department of 
Defense (DOD), focusing on the DOD's business transformation process, 
after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General, 
Government Accountability Office; Jack Dave Patterson, Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary, and Paul A. Brinkley, Deputy Under Secretary for 
Business Transformation, both of the Department of Defense; and Dov S. 
Zakheim, Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to call.