Oversight

Federal Agencies and Conference Spending

Date: February 7, 2006
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

Conference spending within federal agencies has dramatically risen since 2000. Hearing will explore agency approval process and budget ceilings for conference spending, cost, number of staff sent, conference topic, etc.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr.

Charles

Johnson

Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology and Finance

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel 1

Sid

Kaplan

Acting Chief Financial Officer

U.S. Department of State

Panel 1

Jim

Martin

Acting Chief Financial Officer

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Panel 1

Michael

Ryan

Deputy Chief Financial Officer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Panel 2

Scott

Evertz

Former Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy