[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 175 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1232-D1233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine a 
progress report on management and structural reforms at the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, after receiving testimony from Robert Khuzami, 
Director, Division of Enforcement, Meredith Cross, Director, Division 
of Corporation Finance, Robert Cook, Director, Division of Trading and 
Markets, Carlo di Florio, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections 
and Examinations, Eileen Rominger, Director, Division of Investment 
Management, and Craig Lewis, Chief Economist and Director, Division of 
Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation, all of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.
IMPROVING REGULATORY PERFORMANCE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
improving regulatory performance, focusing on lessons from the United 
Kingdom, after receiving testimony from Graham Turnock, and Johannes 
Wolff, both of the United Kingdom's Department for Business, Innovation 
and Skills, both of the United Kingdom; Michael Greenstone, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; and Jitinder Kohli, 
Center for American Progress Action Fund, Washington, D.C.
CONTINUED INNOVATION IN FORECASTING AND PREDICTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the need for continued innovation in forecasting and 
prediction, focusing on how Federal efforts to provide information 
could help government decision making, after receiving testimony from 
Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Operations, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Commerce; David Trimble, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Rear 
Admiral Cari B. Thomas, Director, Response Policy, United States Coast 
Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Tom Iseman, Western Governors' 
Association, Denver, Colorado; Peter P. Neilley, The Weather Channel 
Companies, Andover, Massachusetts; and Robert S. Marshall, Earth 
Networks, Inc., Germantown, Maryland.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine government contractors, focusing on 
agency programs that need greater attention, and improved 
governmentwide oversight, after receiving testimony from Daniel I. 
Gordon, Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of 
Management and Budget; William T. Woods, Director, Acquisition and 
Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office; David M. Sims, 
Chair, Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee; Allison C. 
Lerner, Inspector General, National Science Foundation; and Steven A. 
Shaw, Deputy General Counsel for Contractor Responsibility, Department 
of the Air Force, Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Kathryn

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Keneally, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department 
of Justice, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, and Brian C. Wimes, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western 
Districts of Missouri, who was introduced by Senator McCaskill, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.