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The Week Ahead

   

 

ON THE HILL:September 23, 2008Guam Military Build-Up Labor Solutions House Natural Resources CommitteeInsular Affairs Subcommittee hearing on “Identifying Labor Solutions for the Guam Military Build-Up.”Witnesses: TBALocation: 1324 Longworth House Office Building. 2 p.m. (September 23, 2008)Contact: 202-225-6065 [http://resourcescommittee.house.gov] FEMA Hurricane Response/National Housing Strategy House Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeEconomic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee hearing on “FEMA’s Response to the 2008 Hurricane Season and the National Housing Strategy.”Witnesses: TBALocation: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. 2 p.m. (September 23, 2008)Contact: 202-225-4472 [http://transportation.house.gov] Media Outreach to Veterans House Veterans Affairs CommitteeOversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Media Outreach to Veterans: An Update.”Witnesses: TBALocation: 2247 Rayburn House Office Building. 10 a.m. (September 23, 2008)Contact: 202-225-9756 [http://veterans.house.gov] September 24, 2008National Service House Education and Labor CommitteeFull committee hearing on “Strengthening the Country’s Commitment to National Service.”Witnesses: TBALocation: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. 10 a.m. (September 24, 2008)Contact: 202-226-0853 [http://edlabor.house.gov] Homeland Security Information Sharing House Homeland Security CommitteeIntelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee hearing on “A Report Card on Homeland Security Information Sharing.”Witnesses: Homeland Security Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis Charles Allen; Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center; Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca; Russell Porter, director of the Iowa Intelligence Fusion Center and Intelligence Bureau in the Department of Public Safety; and John McKay, profess from practice at Seattle University School of LawLocation: 311 Cannon House Office Building. 10 a.m. (September 24, 2008)Contact: 202-226-2616 [http://homeland.house.gov]  G.I. Bill Implementation House Veterans Affairs CommitteeEconomic Opportunity Subcommittee hearing on “G.I. Bill Implementation.”Witnesses: TBALocation: 340 Cannon House Office Building. 1 p.m. (September 24, 2008)Contact: 202-225-9756 [http://veterans.house.gov] 

OTHER EVENTS:Focus on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with emphasis on the Gulf War Registry and outreach activities; a review of the priority groups for health care enrollment; and a panel discussion on clinical care research, guidelines and practicesLocation: Residence Inn by Marriott, 1199 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.. 8:30 a.m. (September 24, 2008)Contact: Laura O’Shea, 202-461-5765 SBA’s Veterans Business Affairs Small Business Administration (SBA) (F.R. Page 51333)  Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs, September 23-24. Agenda includes: status of the current committee; orientation for new members; discussion of the permanency of SBA’s Advisory Committee; a review of SBA’s Programs and Services; implementation steps of Public Law 110-186; and annual report and planning with the National Veterans Business Development Corporation (NVBDC) [Note: RSVP to Cheryl Simms by September 15.]Location: SBA, 409 Third St., SW, Eisenhower Conference Room, 2nd floor, Side B, Washington, D.C.. 9 a.m. (September 24, 2008)Contact: Cheryl Simms, 202-205-6773, cheryl.simms@sba.gov; [http://www.sba.gov/vets] 

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