TESTIMONY AND
STATEMENTS
The following persons have appeared before the Commission
to testify, have presented a written statement, or both. The individuals
are identified below in alphabetical order. A one-page staff summary is
available for each individual. If written testimony was provided, that
also is available.
James J. Abel, Executive Vice President and CFO, Lamson &
Sessions, on behalf of Financial Executives Institute (appearance on May
8, 1998)
William R. Buechner, Director of Economics and Research, American
Road andTransportation Builders Association (appearance on January 30,
1998)
Letitia Chambers, President, Chambers Associates Incorporated
(appearance on September 19, 1998)
G. Edward DeSeve, Acting Deputy Director for Management, Office
of Management and Budget (appearance on June 26, 1998)
Senator Pete V. Domenici (NM) (January 30, 1998)
Robert Eisner, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Northwestern
University; former president, American Economic Association (appearance
on April 24, 1998)
Senator Michael B. Enzi (WY) (appearance on January 30, 1998)
Financial Executives Institute: Proposal on Federal Capital Asset
Budgeting. This proposal was mentioned in the testiomny of James J.
Abel on May 8 (see entry above for James J. Abel). The proposal was presented
to the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee in May 1995.
Gary Gensler, Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Department
of the Treasury (appearance on April 24, 1998)
Edward M. Gramlich, Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System (appearance on March 6, 1998)
Representative Amo Houghton (NY) (January 23, 1998)
Martin Ives, formerly a member of the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board (GASB), which establishes accounting standards for State
and local governments, and the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
(FASAB), which recommends accounting standards for the Federal Government
(appearance on May 8, 1998)
Raymond G. Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of Commerce (appearance on March 6, 1998)
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich (OH) (February 4, 1998)
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ) (appearance on January 30,
1998)
Frank E. Lewis, Price Waterhouse (appearance on May 8, 1998)
David Mosso, Chairman, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
Board (appearance on May 8, 1998) (Statement and Summary of pages 1-7)
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) (appearance on January 30,
1998)
Representative James L. Oberstar (MN) (appearance on January
30, 1998)
June O'Neill, Director, Congressional Budget Office (appearance
on April 24, 1998)
Ralph R. Peterson, Chairman, Construction Industry Round Table
(December 3, 1998)
David Plavin, President, Airport Council International (appearance
on March 6, 1998)
Paul Posner, Director, Budget Issues, General Accounting Office
(appearance on March 6, 1998)
Franklin D. Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget
(appearance on April 24, 1998)
Martin A. Regalia, Ph.D., U.S. Chamber of Commerce (June 5,
1998)
Robert D. Reischauer, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings
Institution; former Director, Congressional Budget Office (1989-1995) (appearance
on April 24, 1998)
Edward G. Rendell, mayor of Philadelphia and Chairman, Rebuild
America Coalition, with James Lebenthal, Vice Chairman, Rebuild America
Coalition, and William Bertera, Executive Director, Rebuild America Coalition
(appearance on January 30, 1998)
Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury (appearance on March
6, 1998)
Charles L. Schultze, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Economic Studies,
Brookings Institution; former president, American Economic Association;
former chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (Carter Administration);
former director, U.S. Bureau of the Budget (Johnson Administration) (appearance
on April 24, 1998)
Lawrence F. Skibbie, President, National Defense Industrial
Association (June 22, 1998)
Representative John M. Spratt, Jr. (SC) and Richard Kogan (January
30, 1998)
Rick Swanson, Executive Director, Institute of Management Accountants
(appearance on May 8, 1998)
Ronald L. Tillett, Secretary of Finance, Commonwealth of Virginia
(appearance on May 8, 1998). Mr. Tillett also distributed the "Six-Year
Capital Outlay Plan: 1998-2004" for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Senator Robert G. Torricelli (NJ) (appearance on January 30,
1998)
George Troup, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of New Zealand
(appearance on May 8, 1998). In addition to his initial written statement,
Mr. Troup later provided written answers (June 18, 1998) to certain questions
asked during the testimony, and at the testimony made available five other
documents:
Graham C. Scott, Government Reform in New Zealand, International
Monetary Fund, Washington DC, 1996;
New Zealand Treasury, Financial Statements of the Government of
New Zealand, For the Nine Months Ended 31 March 1998 (1 May 1998);
New Zealand Treasury, A Guide to the Management of Departmental
Fixed Assets, 1991;
New Zealand Treasury, A Guide to the Management of Departmental
Purchasing, 1991; and
New Zealand Treasury, A Guide to the Management of Departmental
Working Capital, 1991.
Carol Cox Wait, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal
Budget (June 4, 1998)
Representative Robert E. Wise, Jr. (WV) (appearance on January
30, 1998)
President's Commission to Study Capital
Budgeting