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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1205-D1206 on Dec. 5, 2001.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government concluded hearings to examine United States northern border security policy, focusing on ports of entry, security personnel, and compatible communication equipment for American and Canadian law-
enforcement authorities, after receiving testimony from Senators Schumer, Clinton, and Stabenow; North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, Bismarck; Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier; and Michigan Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus, Lansing.
TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine the response of the technology sector in times of crisis, focusing on the successes and failures in the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001, after receiving testimony from John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, and Ron Miller, Chief Information Officer, both of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Will Pelgrin, State of New York Governor's Office of Technology, Albany; Craig O. McCaw, Eagle River, Inc., Kirkland, Washington; Roger Cochetti, Jr., Verisign, Inc., and Stephen J. Rohleder, Accenture, both of Washington, D.C.; Julie Coppernoll, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California; and Sarah Roche, UPOC, and Joe Sandri, WinStar, both of New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Margaret S.Y. Chu, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, and Beverly Cook, of Idaho, to be Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health, both of the Department of Energy, and Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and Rebecca W. Watson, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, both of the Department of the Interior, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Chu was introduced by Senator Domenici, Ms. Cook was introduced by Senator Craig, and Ms. Watson was introduced by Senator Watson.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Callie V. Granade, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, Marcia S. Krieger, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, James C. Mahan, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, Philip R. Martinez, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, C. Ashley Royal, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, and Mauricio J. Tamargo, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Granade was introduced by Senator Sessions, Ms. Krieger was introduced by Senators Campbell and Allard, Mr. Mahan was introduced by Senators Reid and Ensign, Mr. Martinez was introduced by Senators Gramm and Hutchison, Mr. Royal was introduced by Senators Cleland and Miller, and Mr. Tamargo was introduced by Senators Graham and Warner, and Representatives Ros-
Lehtinen and Meek.
COPS PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded hearings to examine the future of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program of the Department of Justice, focusing on a comprehensive study chronicling its relationship to local and national crime rates, after receiving testimony from Viet D. Dinh, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice; Lonnie Westphal, Colorado State Patrol, Denver, on behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Steve Young, Marion City Police Department, Marion, Delaware, on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police; Jihong Zhao, University of Nebraska Department of Criminal Justice, Omaha; Mike Brown, Bedford County Sheriffs' Office, Bedford, Virginia, on behalf of the National Sheriffs' Association; David B. Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Thomas P. Gordon, New Castle County, Delaware.
