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Thompson Schedules Hearing on Inspectors General
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN), Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced the Committee will hold a public hearing on the state of the Inspectors General (IG) community on the 20th anniversary of the Inspector General Act. The hearing on "The Inspector General Act: Twenty Years Later" will be held on Wednesday, September 9 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Thompson Calls for Arms and Dual-Use Export Investigation
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 1998
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) today directed the Inspectors General of six government agencies to conduct an interagency investigation of the licensing process for dual-use items and munitions. The review is a follow up to hearings the Committee...
Thompson Schedules Hearing on Census 2000
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN), Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced the Committee will hold a public hearing on the status of preparations for the planned 2000 census. The hearing on "Observations on the Census Dress Rehearsal and Implications for Census 2000" will be held on Thursday, July 30 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Chairman Thompson on Passage of the Restructuring Act
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 1998
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson today applauded passage of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring Act and noted that it included his proposal to eliminate the blanket waivers of criminal conflict of interest ethics laws as applied to the employee representative on the newly created IRS oversight board.
Senators Hear National Security Concerns Overlooked in Export Control Policy
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 1998
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- According to an export licensing analyst at DOD's Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA), Dr. Peter Leitner, recommendations to deny export license applications for critical technologies are being overturned in the interest of selling technology instead of protecting our Nation's security.
Thompson Schedules Hearing on Defense Technology Security administration
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 1998
News Release: Washington, D.C. --Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) has announced a public hearing on whether national security concerns are given proper consideration in the licensing process for the export of dual-use technologies. The hearing will focus on the Defense Department's licensing...
Thompson Announces Hearing on Nation's Vulnerability to Computer Attack
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) has scheduled the second in a series of computer security hearings. The hearing on "Cyber Attack: Is the Nation at Risk?" will be held on June 24 at 10 am in Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Thompson Schedules Hearing on Mandates Information Act
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on S. 389, the Mandates Information Act. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 3, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. in SD-342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Thompson Schedules Nomination Hearing on Jacob J. Lew
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC -- Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) has announced a hearing on the nomination of Jacob (Jack) J. Lew to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The hearing will be held at 2 p.m. on June 22 in Room 342 Dirksen Building.
Hearings Announced on Computer Security Failures in Government
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson (RTN) said that he has schedul ed hearings on "Weak Computer Security in Government: Is the Public at Risk?" The hearings will span two days and will be held on May 19-20, at 10 am both days, in Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Thompson Schedules Nomination Hearing on DeSeve, Deidre Lee
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson ((R-TN)) has announced a hearing on the nominations of G. Edward DeSeve to be Deputy Director for Management of the office of Management and Budget and Deidre A. Lee to be Administrator, office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget. The hearing will be held at 10 am on April 22 in Room 342 Dirksen Building.
Regulatory Improvement Bill (S.981) Earns Widespread Support
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN), along with Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), said they were pleased with the broad and growing support for their bill, the Regulatory Improvement Act (S. 981). The measure, they said, should be brought to the Senate floor later this Spring for consideration.
Senator Fred Thompson's Tax Day Statement
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 1998
News Release: "Much too often taxpayers find that their federal tax dollars are wasted, lost, stolen or otherwise unaccounted for. Just two weeks ago I received a report from the General Accounting Office which said that the government's financial records were so poorly kept that day-to-day management of the federal government was ineffective, inefficient and almost totally unaccountable to anyone. Our federal government could not pass an audit.
Thompson Welcomes Support of State Environmental Directors For Improving The Regulatory Process
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 7, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN), chief sponsor with Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) of the Regulatory Improvement Act of 1998 (S.981), expressed his appreciation to the Environmental Council of States (ECOS) for their recent policy statement on Congressional regulatory reform efforts.
Thompson Announces Hearings on Possible Year 2000 Computer Crash
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 30, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) said his committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, April 1, at 10 am. in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Building on "Crashing Into the Millennium--Year 2000 Conversion Efforts.".
Thompson Schedules Nomination Hearing on Melvin Wright to be Judge
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 30, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) has announced a hearing on the nomination of Melvin R. Wright to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The hearing will be held at 9:00 am on Wednesday, April 1 in Room 342 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will be chaired by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS).
Thompson Releases GAO Report on Concerns With Census 2000
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) today released a General Accounting Office Report on the plans by the Census Bureau for Census 2000. According to the report "the key activities that GAO examined. are all still facing the developmental and/or implementation challenges that led GAO in 1997 to raise concerns about the high risk of a failed census. ".
Thompson Schedules Nomination Hearing on Kaplan, Goldway
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 1998
News Release: Washington DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) has announced a hearing on the nominations of Elaine D. Kaplan to be Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel and Ruth Y. Goldway to be Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission. The hearing will be held at 2 pm. on March 30 in Room 342 Dirksen Building. The hearing will be chaired by Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS).
Scientists Council Backs Substance of Levin-Thompson Bill
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--In a letter to Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, President of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), said the group strongly agreed with the key cost/benefit and risk assessment provisions of the Regulatory Improvement Act (S. 981).
Thompson Announces Hearings on Government Secrecy
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 1998
News Release: Washington, DC--Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) said his committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, March 25, at 10 am in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Building on legislation relating to the declassification of information by government agencies.
