[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SECURITY CLEARANCE REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine security clearance 
reform, focusing on setting a course for sustainability, and 
preliminary observations on the Department of Defense's progress on 
addressing timeliness and quality issues, after receiving testimony 
from Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for Management, Office of 
Management and Budget; James R. Clapper, Director of National 
Intelligence; John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management; 
Elizabeth A. McGrath, Deputy Chief Management Officer, Department of 
Defense; and Brenda S. Farrell, Director, Defense Capabilities and 
Management, Government Accountability Office.
AIR CARGO SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine closing the gaps in air cargo security, 
after receiving testimony from John S. Pistole, Administrator, 
Transportation Security Administration, and Alan D. Bersin, 
Commissioner, United States Customs and Border Protection, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Peter A. Diamond, of 
Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System.
MORTGAGE SERVICING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine mortgage servicing from modification to foreclosure, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas J. Miller, Iowa Attorney General, 
Des Moines; Barbara Desoer, Bank of America Home Loans, Calabasas, 
California; David Lowman, JPMorgan Chase, St. Louis, Missouri; Adam J. 
Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Diane 
E. Thompson, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and 
R.K. Arnold, MERSCORP, Inc., Reston, Virginia.