Full Committee Hearing

The State of the Presidential Appointments Process Part 1

Date: April 4, 2001
Time: 2:00pm
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements

Senator

Fred

Thompson

(R -
 TN)

Witnesses

Panel I - The Presidential Appointment Process: The Perspective of the Nominee

The Honorable

Sean

O'Keefe

Deputy Director

Office of Management & Budget

Panel I - The Presidential Appointment Process: The Perspective of the Nominee

The Honorable

Robert

Nash

Former Director

White House Office of Presidential Personnel

Panel I - The Presidential Appointment Process: The Perspective of the Nominee

Paul C.

Light

Vice President and Director of Governmental Studies

The Brookings Institution

Panel II - Presidential Appointment Process: Origin, Development, and Calls for Reform

Scott

Harshbarger

President and Chief Executive Officer

Common Cause

Panel II - Presidential Appointment Process: Origin, Development, and Calls for Reform

G. Calvin

MacKenzie

Distinguished Presidential Professor of American Government

Colby College

Panel II - Presidential Appointment Process: Origin, Development, and Calls for Reform

Patricia

McGinnis

President and Chief Executive Officer

Council for Excellence in Government

Panel II - Presidential Appointment Process: Origin, Development, and Calls for Reform

Norman J.

Ornstein

Resident Scholar

American Enterprise Institute