[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 106 (Friday, July 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D792-D793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MILITARY VOTING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness held a 
hearing on military voting. Testimony was heard from Robert H. Carey, 
Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Defense Human Resources 
Activity; Captain Angel Jackson-Gillespie, USA, 2nd Brigade Combat 
Team, 101st Airborne; Dean Crepes; Director, Lexington County 
Commission of Registration and Elections; and Deborah Seiler, San Diego 
County Registrar, Registrar of Voters.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative.'' The hearing 
focused on legislation regarding the ``Pipeline Infrastructure and 
Community Protection Act of 2011.'' Testimony was heard from Rep. 
Rehberg; Rep. Speier; Cynthia L. Quarterman, Administrator, Pipeline 
and Hazardous Material Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications and 
Technology held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Hearing to Address 
Spectrum and Public Safety Issues.'' Testimony was heard from 
Christopher M. Moore, Chief of Police, San Jose Police Department.
HOMELAND SECURITY CONTRACTING
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Investigations, and Management held a hearing entitled ``Homeland 
Security Contracting: Does the Department Effectively Leverage Emerging 
Technologies?'' Testimony was heard from Charles K. Edwards, Acting 
Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security; David Maurer, 
Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team, GAO; Rafael Borras, Under 
Secretary for Management and Chief Acquisition Officer, Department of 
Homeland Security; Henry Gonzalez, Director, Acquisition Support and 
Operations Analysis, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of 
Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
INNOVATIVE DESIGN PROTECTION AND PIRACY PREVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, 
Competition and the Internet held a hearing on legislation regarding 
the ``Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OFFSHORE ENERGY
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Offshore Energy: Interior Department's Plans for Offshore Energy, 
Revenue, and Safety Reorganization.'' Testimony was heard from Michael 
R. Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation 
and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; and Gregory J. Gould, 
Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Department of The 
Interior.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 
2433, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements in the laws relating to the employment and training of 
veterans, and for other purposes; H.R. 1941, the ``Hiring Heroes Act of 
2011''; and H.R. 169, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
include on the main page of the Internet Web site of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet Web site and to 
publicize such Internet Web site. Testimony was heard from Rep. Bishop 
of Georgia; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
INTERNET FREEDOM
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine Internet freedom in the Organization for Security 
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) region, focusing on current trends in 
Internet governance, after receiving testimony from Daniel Baer, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; 
Dunja Mijatovic, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 
(OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Vienna, Austria; David 
J. Kramer, Freedom House, and Ivan Sigal, Global Voices, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Rafal Rohozinski, University of Toronto Canada Center 
for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab, Ottawa, Ontario, 
Canada; and Charles Lee, Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

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