Agenda

The Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia and the Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration held a joint hearing. The joint hearing examined our national level of preparedness to respond to a terrorist attack using a radiological dispersion device or “dirty bomb” and, in particular, at how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security coordinates with other agencies within the federal government, such as the Department of Energy and Department of Health and Human Services, as well as coordination with and capabilities of regional, state and local governments to respond to a dirty bomb attack.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• MR. EUGENE E. ALOISE

  Director, Nuclear & Nonproliferation Issues, Natural Resources and Environment

  Government Accountability Office

  Washington, D.C.
• Dr.  Kevin Yeskey

  Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Program

  Department of Health and Human Services

Panel 2

• Mr.  Kenneth Murphy

  Director

  Oregon Department of Emergency Management
• Mr.  Wayne Tripp

  Program Manager

  Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program
• Dr.  Thomas Tenforde

  President

  National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements