[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 122 (Thursday, July 24, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D942-D943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on Iran from Dolores A. Powers, Deputy Iran Mission Manager, 
Alan R. Pino, National Intelligence Officer for the Near East, and 
William J. Keller, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Weapons of 
Mass Destruction, all of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; Jeffrey D. Feltman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; and James R. Clapper, 
Jr., Under Secretary for Intelligence, Michael G. Vickers, Assistant 
Secretary for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict and 
Interdependent Capabilities, and Lieutenant General Carter F. Ham, USA, 
Director, J-3 Operations Directorate, Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the 
Department of Defense.
CAYMAN ISLANDS AND OFFSHORE TAX ISSUES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Cayman Islands, focusing on offshore tax issues, including the nature 
and extent of United States persons' involvement with Ugland House 
registered entities and the nature of such business, the reasons that 
U.S. persons conduct business in the Cayman Islands, information 
available to the U.S. government regarding U.S. persons' Cayman 
activities, and the U.S. government's compliance and enforcement 
efforts, after receiving testimony from Michael Brostek, Director, 
Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Frank Ng, 
Commissioner, Large and Mid-Sized Businesses, Internal Revenue Service, 
Department of the Treasury; and Jack A. Blum, Baker and Hostetler, 
Washington, D.C.
HIGHWAY PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and 
Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine tax and financing aspects 
of highway public-private partnerships, including the benefits, costs, 
and trade-offs of highway public-private partnerships, the ways public 
officials have identified and acted to protect the public interest in 
these arrangements, and the federal role in highway public-private 
partnerships and potential changes in this role, after receiving 
testimony from Edward D. Kleinbard, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on 
Taxation; JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; Pat Choate, Manufacturing Policy 
Project, Washington, Virginia; Linda E. Carlisle, White and Case LLP, 
Washington, D.C.; and Dennis J. Enright, NW Financial, Jersey City, New 
Jersey.
IMPROVING FEDERAL PROGRAM 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 
ways to improve federal program management using performance 
information, after receiving testimony from Bernice Steinhardt, 
Director, Strategic

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Issues, Government Accountability Office; Marcus C. Peacock, Deputy 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Jim Dyer, Chief 
Financial Officer and Performance Improvement Officer, United States 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Scott Pace, Associate Administrator for 
Program Analysis and Evaluation, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA); Daniel A. Tucker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Budget; Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, 
Annapolis; and Donald F. Kettl, University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia.
TRIBAL COURTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine tribal courts and the administration of justice in Indian 
country, after receiving testimony from Pat Ragsdale, Director, Office 
of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Joe Little, 
Associate Deputy Director, Office of Justice Services-Division of 
Tribal Justice Support, both of the Department of the Interior; Roman 
J. Duran, Jicarilla Apache Nation Courts, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 
behalf of the National American Indian Court Judges Association; Joseph 
Thomas Flies-Away, Hualapai Judiciary, Peach Springs, Arizona; Theresa 
M. Pouley, Tulalip Tribal Court Judge, Tulalip, Washington, on behalf 
of the Northwest Tribal Court Judges Association; John St. Clair, 
Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court of the Wind River Indian Reservation, 
Fort Washakie, Wyoming; and Dorma L. Sahneyah, Hopi Tribal Chief 
Prosecutor, Kykotsmovi, Arizona.
CRIMES ASSOCIATED WITH POLYGAMY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
crimes associated with polygamy, focusing on the need for a coordinated 
state and federal response, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Reid; Gregory A. Brower, United States Attorney, District of Nevada, 
and Brett L. Tolman, United States Attorney, District of Utah, both of 
the Department of Justice; Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General, 
Phoenix; Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, Austin; Stephen Singular, 
Denver, Colorado; Dan Fischer, Sandy, Utah; and Carolyn Jessop, West 
Jordan, Utah.