April 21, 2015

Looking Ahead

By ExchangeMonitor

While budget markups in the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday and House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee Thursday will dominate much of the attention on Capitol Hill, there’s lots more going on this week:

This morning at 8 a.m., Lt. Gen. Steven Wilson, the commander of Global Strike Command, will address an audience at the Capitol Hill Club on “USAF Global Strike Reflections on the Past and a Look into the Future.”
The Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, Va. Among the officials expected to testify are former acting NNSA Administrator Neile Miller, DOE Budget Director Chris Johns and Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President Richard Goffi.
On Wednesday at 10 a.m. the House Oversight and Government Reform’s Interior Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the Department of Energy’s Excess Uranium Management Plan in the Rayburn House Office Building room 2154.
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs will meet on Wednesday and Thursday in Augusta, Ga.
The Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee will hear from several officials on “Air Force and Navy Nuclear Programs and the Implementation of Nuclear Enterprise Review Recommendations” at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room 222 of the Russell Senate Office Building. Scheduled to testify are Air Force Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, Global Strike Command chief Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, Navy Strategic Systems Programs Director Vice Adm. Terry Benedict, NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Madelyn Creedon, and Yisroel Brumer from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation program.
NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Madelyn Creedon will give a speech at the Capitol Hill Club at 8 a.m. Friday on “The NNSA Challenges Ahead: Meeting Nuclear Deterrent Requirements.”

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