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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D667-D668 on June 21, 2011.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 872, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters.
CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine cybersecurity and data protection in the financial sector, after receiving testimony from Pablo A. Martinez, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, Secret Service; Kevin F. Streff, Dakota State University Information Assurance Center, Madison, South Dakota; and Stuart K. Pratt, Consumer Data Industry Association, Leigh Williams, BITS, on behalf of the Financial Services Roundtable, and Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of John Edgar Bryson, of California, to be Secretary, who was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Boxer, and Terry D. Garcia, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Michael H. Corbin, of California, to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Matthew H. Tueller, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Kenneth J. Fairfax, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Susan Laila Ziadeh, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
INSPIRING STUDENTS TO FEDERAL SERVICE
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 inspiring students to Federal service, focusing on efforts taken to ensure effective campus recruitment, after receiving testimony from Christine M. Griffin, Deputy Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Michael C. Kane, Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Energy; Carolyn M. Taylor, Chief Human Capital Officer, Government Accountability Office; Timothy McManus, Partnership for Public Service, Laurel McFarland, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
(NASPAA), and Witold Skwierczynski, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; and Anne Mahle, Teach for America, New York, New York.
SENIOR HUNGER AND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging concluded a hearing to examine senior hunger and the ``Older Americans Act'', after receiving testimony from Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging; Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; Bob Blancato, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth E. Gordon, Area Agency on Aging for Northeastern Vermont, Johnsbury; and Mary Jane Koren, Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism concluded a hearing to examine cybersecurity, focusing on evaluating the Administration's proposals, after receiving testimony from Representative Langevin; James A. Baker, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Greg Schaffer, Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs Directorate; and Ari Schwartz, Senior Internet Policy Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
