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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D56-D57 on Feb. 6, 2006.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HURRICANE KATRINA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed a hearing to examine Hurricane Katrina response issues, focusing on managing law enforcement and communications in a catastrophe, pre-landfall preparation, post-landfall deployment, the Wireless Priority Service (WPS), and the state of law and order during the crisis, receiving testimony from Michael J. Vanacore, Assistant Director, Office of Investigations, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Peter M. Fonash, Deputy Manager and Director, National Communications System, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Kenneth W. Kaiser, Special Agent in Charge, Boston Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Warren J. Riley, New Orleans Police Department, F.G. Dowden, New Orleans Department of Homeland Security and Public Safety, and William L. Smith, BellSouth Corporation, all of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 9, 2006.
NSA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine wartime executive power and the National Security Agency surveillance authority, receiving testimony from Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: on Friday, February 3, 2006, Committee concluded hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for January 2006, after receiving testimony from Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
