[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 151 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
    Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
                       following business items:
  S. 1641, to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion 
Agreement;
  S. 1642, to implement the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement;
  S. 1643, to implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion 
Agreement; and
  The nominations of Michael W. Punke, of Montana, to be a Deputy 
United States Trade Representative, with the Rank of Ambassador, and 
Islam A. Siddiqui, of Virginia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of 
Ambassador, both of the Executive Office of the President, Paul 
Piquado, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce, and David S. Johanson, of Texas, to be a Member of the United 
States International Trade Commission.
                 LABOR-MANAGEMENT FORUMS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 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 labor-management 
 forums in the Federal government, after receiving testimony from John 
Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management; W. Scott Gould, Deputy 
  Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Pasquale M. Tamburrino, Jr., Deputy 
 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy; William 
R. Dougan, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), and Gregory 
  J. Junemann, International Federation of Professional and Technical 
Engineers (IFPTE), both of Washington, D.C.; Patricia Niehaus, Federal 
     Managers Association (FMA), Alexandria, Virginia; and George 
Nesterczuk, Nesterczuk and Associates, Vienna, Virginia.

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